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Citing the academic journal Science, Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday that the official number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country is suspicious.
The renowned magazine estimates that the Covid toll in India between "6/1/2020 and 7/1/2021 was 3,200,000 - eight times the official death toll of 400,000," Chidambaram said on Twitter.
"Of these deaths, 2,700,000 occurred in the months of April, May and June 2021," he added.
The former Union minister said India has 638,365 villages.
“Government figures suggest that the average number of deaths per village was less than one! Unbelievable!
"Add the number of deaths in towns and cities. The official number is suspicious," the congress leader said.
According to health ministry data on Thursday, the death toll has risen to 5,14,388 and 142 more have died from the disease.
Congress claimed much higher deaths in the country from Covid and demanded a new record of deaths.
