ICMR DG Bhargava Emphasizes On Systemic Data To Ascertain COVID Deaths

The Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava said India has a systemic-data pool, and does not need modeling, extrapolation, and press reports for ascertaining COVID-related death. He said "90% of the deaths that occurred after testing positive for COVID-19 were occurring in the first 4 weeks, so cut-off of 30 days was laid for the definition of death". Dr. Bhargava laid emphasis on systemic data.