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Government Refutes NYT Report On India Covid Death Toll | Says It’s ‘Absolutely False’

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On Thursday, the government strongly refuted the New York Times report on Covid19 death toll as “baseless and false”. The report estimated 42 lakh deaths due to Covid-19 in India in a worst-case scenario, a number 13.3 times the official toll of 3,15,235. The government also made a broader point that many of the estimates of “under reported” deaths in India were based on assumptions lacking evidence. Watch the full story!</p>

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