This graph takes a bit of explaining. First, cases (gray) are posted on the date they're collected. The deaths (red) are time-shifted back to adjust for the delay. That means we can only see to about the

The Times in collaboration with a range of experts modeled rough estimates for the true pandemic scale in India. This is necessary as India undertests substantially and has very incomplete death reporting.

Covid-19 vs Flu I think it is valuable to show coronavirus's severity in terms of seasonal Flu just to show how much we have endured this past year. In some respects the topline figures can even understate

The infection fatality rate (IFR) is not always lower than the confirmed case fatality ratio (cCFR or just) you initially estimate for a new disease. Initial estimates can be really wrong in both directions.

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