The Indian government has lashed out at the World Health Organization's report that suggests the country's real Covid Death toll is almost 10 times higher than official figures, citing questionable data gathering by the global body.Â
The WHO report released Thursday claimed around 4.7mn Indian Covid deaths (including indirect fatalities linked to health systems weakened by Covid) compared to the state figure of 524,000, while their global estimate is over 3 times larger than official figures.Â