There is a wide gap between official estimates of deaths due to Covid-19 and the ones claimed by researchers and media. While GoI claims an official death count of 4 lakh-plus, the Centre for Global Development study (bit.ly/2TttWdL) by Abhishek Anand, Justin Sandefur and Arvind Subramanian, for instance, claim that deaths could be as high as 50 lakh….

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