India has the world’s fourth-biggest outbreak of the Covid-19 disease caused by the virus, with over 600,000 confirmed cases and 17,800 deaths
Volunteers from Non Governmental Organisation Madadgar Parivar check people coming to donate blood at a blood donation camp on the Indian National Doctor's Day in Ahmedabad on July 1 2020. Picture: AFP/SAM PANTHAKYA large Indian city badly hit by the coronavirus has recorded a sharp rise in deaths not attributed to the outbreak, according to official data and burial records, highlighting how the pandemic has affected general healthcare.
India has the world's fourth biggest outbreak of the Covid-19 disease caused by the virus, with over 600,000 confirmed cases and 17,800 deaths, and some of its largest cities are still reeling from rising infections. Jayanti Ravi, the health secretary of Gujarat state, however said she wasn't aware of any significant rise in deaths in the city of more than 5.6-million people.
Dr Mona Desai, president of the Ahmedabad Medical Association that represents over 9,000 doctors, said some of those who died may have been Covid-19 positive. Dasgupta, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, said: “Excess deaths during the Covid-19 surge phase has been in evidence in other countries too on account of the inability to access medical care for other time-sensitive emergencies.”
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