86.5 lakh deaths in 2022, 15% dip over COVID-hit 2021
86.5 Lakh Deaths Occurred Due To Covid In The Year 2022: CRS Report – Nearly 86.5 lakh deaths were reported in the country during 2022, a significant decline of more than 15% from COVID-affected 2021 which had recorded over 1.02 crore deaths, according to a new data from the Civil Registration System (CRS).
The dip of 15.74 lakh from 2021 brought mortality figures broadly back in line with pre-pandemic patterns last seen in 2020, the data for 2022 brought out by the office of the Registrar General of India through CRS report showed.
86.5 Lakh Deaths Occurred
According to the CRS data, a sharp jump in the death toll was recorded in 2021 with 1.02 crore deaths across the country as against 81.1 lakh in 2020, 76.4 lakh in 2019 and 69.5 lakh in 2018. “In terms of registered deaths, the number of deaths declined from 102.2 lakh in 2021 to 86.5 lakh in 2022, a decrease of 15.4 per cent,” the report said . Some of the major states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar and Haryana have contributed significantly in reducing the number of registered deaths.” According to the reply given by the government in the Lok Sabha on July 29, 2022, about 5.26 lakh deaths occurred due to COVID-19 till July 26, 2022.
The World Health Organisation had reported over 47 lakh COVID-19 linked deaths in India which was strongly disputed by the government. The Centre had said the WHO estimates suffered from “a number of inconsistencies and erroneous assumptions”.
The government had said in its response, “India has strongly objected to the process, methodology and outcome of this unscientific modelling approach, particularly when India had provided WHO with authentic data published by the Registrar General of India through the Civil Registration System.”
The CRS report also showed that over 2.54 crore infant births were registered in 2022. “The number of registered infant births increased from 242.0 lakh in 2021 to 254.4 lakh in 2022, representing an increase of about 5.1 per cent,” the report said.
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