Covid-19 mortality trends and reporting comparing india and italy

During the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had a high infection burden and death rate while India appeared much less affected By 22 May, Italy and India had 3,770 and 86 infections/million population with mortality rates of 14 24% and 3 03%, respectively There was speculation about hidden advantages to India leading to a false sense of security These differences are readily explained by the time and frequency of virus importations and the differences of the age profile of Italy and India © 2020 Economic and Political Weekly All rights reserved