Covid-19: What data about excess deaths reveals about Mumbai’s class divide

It highlights the risk of underestimating the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the most marginalised communities.

Murad Banaji

· Sep 15, 2021 · 06:30 am

What does mortality data tell us about Bihar’s first Covid-19 wave?

Was the state spared the worst, as some reports based on its official case and fatality data suggested?

Murad Banaji

· Jul 11, 2021 · 06:30 am

What local news reports tell us about Covid-19 mortality in rural areas of North and Central India

It is likely that the great majority of rural Covid-19 deaths in many parts of India have gone unrecorded.

Murad Banaji

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Aashish Gupta

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Leena Kumarappan

· Jun 10, 2021 · 06:30 am

Bengaluru is reaching a Covid-19 crisis point. How did it get there?

The disease has been spreading at an alarming pace. Data shows daily cases and deaths rising like mountains to overshadow all previous peaks.

Murad Banaji

· May 07, 2021 · 09:30 am

What could be driving Delhi’s devastating fourth Covid-19 surge?

We need to junk the assumption that high prior infection rate protects a city against big surges.

Murad Banaji

· Apr 22, 2021 · 01:37 pm

As Mumbai battles its third Covid-19 surge, could vaccination stop the wave?

Optimistically, we might hope that fatalities will be limited during this wave.

Murad Banaji

· Mar 16, 2021 · 06:30 am

What lessons do India’s Covid-19 serosurveys hold?

Sometimes they tell us less about the disease and more about the interaction between science, media and politics.

Murad Banaji

· Feb 06, 2021 · 09:00 am

Why is Covid-19 surging in Delhi eight months after the pandemic started?

The disease may now be hitting a population more vulnerable to hospitalisation and death.

Murad Banaji

· Nov 15, 2020 · 06:30 am

Covid-19: Why it’s impossible to draw firm conclusions from the first national serosurvey

Still, for the first time, the ICMR appears to have acknowledged Covid-19 death undercounting – on a significant scale.

Murad Banaji

· Sep 23, 2020 · 09:00 am

A city divided: Covid-19 reveals Mumbai’s faultlines

Coronavirus is not a great leveller. It spreads much more rapidly in poor housing.

Murad Banaji

· Aug 20, 2020 · 09:00 am

How many people in India have had Covid-19?

The ICMR’s estimates for the prevalence and fatality rate of the disease do not tally with what we know of the coronavirus in India and worldwide.

Murad Banaji

· Jul 09, 2020 · 07:30 am

In charts: How will the Covid-19 pandemic end?

In a large country like India, elimination may be achieved locally but in every area one should always expect some spread under the radar and new introductions.

Murad Banaji

· Jun 12, 2020 · 07:30 am