Chennai: Arappor Iyakkam, a non-governmental organization (NGO), of the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday revealed over 1.42 lakh more people have died between Jan 1 and June 25 this year as compared to the same period in 2019.

The NGO organisation said: "There is excess mortality of around 142,143 between the period of 1st January 2021 to 25th June 2021 compared to the non Covid year 2019 during the same period." "However, the Covid death bulletin has revealed only 19,929 Covid deaths during the same period,"

As per the Civil Registration System (CRS) data on 26 May, Tamil Nadu had recorded only 292,796 deaths. However, the CRS data at the end of day on 25 June records a total of 449,324 deaths. "This implies that Tamil Nadu Government has issued a whopping 156,528 death certificates in the last 30 days alone," Arappor Iyakkam said. This confirms that the bulk of excess mortality took place in May 2021 as death certificates are issued within 21 days of death, the NGO said.

"Massive excess mortality of 142,143 between the period of 1st January 2021 and 25th June 2021 also confirms Arappor's estimate released earlier that the excess mortality in April and May 2021 may be between 1,08,721 and 1,26,841 based on extrapolation of data of 6 hospitals," the NGO said.

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