India may see 1.02mn Covid deaths by August 1: US-based body

May 03, 2021 23:07

A leading US-based global health research body has projected 1.02 million cumulative deaths from Covid-19 in India by August 1, with 630,000 additional fatalities from April 26, unless drastic measures were taken. The previous projection by this institute for the same end date was 960,000.

The deadly disease crossed another grim milestone last week, becoming the No 1 killer in the country, going up by 78 per cent.

A top official of the Biden administration, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, told ABC news on Sunday the pandemic is raging out of control in India. Even as the United States has rushed assistance worth $100 million, it has also announced restrictions on travel from India starting on Tuesday. It bars everyone but US citizens, green card holders, students joining colleges and universities and, certain academics and professionals.

Without drastic measures to bolster the health system to deal with this onslaught, decreased social mixing, and increased effective face mask use, the situation currently looks quite grim for India, said an updated country-specific policy briefing from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a widely regarded independent research wing of the University of Washington based in Seattle.

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