160 Million Cases and Bodies Washed Up on the Banks of India's Ganges

India is still a major contributor to the Covid statistics – and the world’s caseload has gone past 160 million and 3.3 million deaths. 

On Monday, Indian officials confirmed at least 40 bodies had washed up on the banks of the river in Buxar, on the border between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states. How the bodies got there is unclear, but it is thought they are Covid-19 victims. Their identities are unknown. 

Some local reports claimed as many as 150 bodies had been found, and that their condition suggested they may have been in the river for many days. An official said the remains would be buried or cremated.

A second wave of the virus is ravaging parts of India, with deaths rising significantly in recent weeks. Most of the country's crematoriums have run out of spaces. 

India is now the epicentre of the global pandemic and has recorded more than 23 million cases and more than a quarter of a million deaths. 

However experts believe the real numbers could be far higher. 

One would not be wrong to infer that this discovery did not make it into the death tally. 

And if you’ve read my May 08 post “157 Million Cases and Deaths That Are Unreported/ Underreported”, here’s an admission from US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci (right) on Sunday “…there’s no doubt... that we are and have been undercounting” when referring to the country’s death toll due to Covid-19. 

Already my blog has many mentions of many countries doing the same said thing.