@article {article514, title = {Why the COVID-19 numbers matter}, author = {Jagdish Rattanani,T Jacob John}, journal = {Foundation of The Billion Press}, date = 2022-05-10, year = 2022, url = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/health/why-covid-19-numbers-matter-514, Abstract = {The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the number of deaths in India directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19 to be 4.74 million. This is the highest for any country and nine times the nation’s official count of 5,24,000 as of May 2022.} }