India logs 6.2 pct hike in death rate during 2020 amid rampant Covid-19 (Sabong News)
Author
Xinhua
Date
MAY 04 2022
NEW DELHI, India — India’s federal government in its newly released the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 has stated that the country recorded an increase of 6.2 percent in the death rate in the Covid-19 pandemic year.
According to the report released on Tuesday in case of registered deaths, the number has increased from 7.64 million in 2019 to 8.12 million in 2020, which is an increase of 6.2 percent.
“In case of registered deaths, number of registered events has gone up from 76.4 lakhs in 2019 to 81.2 lakhs in 2020, i.e. an increase of 6.2 percent,” the report said.
Some states have contributed significantly in the increased number of deaths registered from 2019 to 2020, it said.
Out of the total registered deaths, the share of males and females is 60.2 percent and 39.8 percent respectively.
The report, however, said the number of registered births has decreased from 24.8 million in 2019 to 24.2 million in 2020.
According to the report, out of the total registered births, the share of males and females is 52.0 percent and 48.0 percent respectively.
The CRS is a universal, continuous, compulsory, and permanent recording of birth, death, and stillbirth. These figures include deaths due to Covid-19 and other reasons.
