Mystery of India's lower death rates seems to defy coronavirus trend

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MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD (REUTERS) - Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the new coronavirus, suggesting there has not been an undetected surge in virus-related deaths.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD - Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the new coronavirus, suggesting there has not been an undetected surge in virus-related deaths.

"It's very surprising for us," said Shruthi Reddy, chief executive officer of Anthyesti Funeral Services, which operates in the eastern city of Kolkata and the southern tech hub of Bengaluru."We've declared employee pay cuts if revenue falls below a threshold," Reddy said.Central Mumbai, home to some 12 million people, saw deaths fall by about 21 per cent in March compared with the same month of 2019, according to municipal data.

"If we're not seeing an increase in deaths, the suspicion that there may be more Covid-19 fatalities out there is not true," said Giridhar Babu, professor of epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India. "Road accident cases, and even patients with alcohol or drug abuse, stroke and heart attacks have been coming in fewer numbers," said Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, health minister for the northeastern state of Assam.

With passenger trains halted, fatalities from all-too-common rail accidents have also plunged. In Mumbai alone, for example, more than half a dozen people typically die every day on the rail network. The site used to perform up to 30 cremations a day but in the month since March 22, only 43 people had been cremated, Kumar said after leafing through the crematorium's record book.

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An early, comprehensive and fairly well administered lockdown, seemingly adequate testing combined with 40 degree celsius heat with very low humidity

It's easy, India had a great pollution impact in human health, once implement actions whichs tackle it, so that's the reason.

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