SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality Rates in India: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Model-based Estimation

• Published in: Studies in microeconomics Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 137 - 179
• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Lauren, Bhattacharya, Subarna, Purkayastha, Soumik, Kundu, Ritoban, Bhaduri, Ritwik, Ghosh, Parikshit, Mukherjee, Bhramar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01.12.2021; Sage Publications, New Delhi India
• Subjects: COVID-19; Data; Death & dying; Estimates; Estimation; Fatalities; Infections; Meta-analysis; Random effects; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; India; mortality; epidemiology; infectious diseases

Introduction: Fervourous investigation and dialogue surrounding the true number of SARS-CoV-2-related deaths and implied infection fatality rates in India have been ongoing throughout the pandemic, and especially pronounced during the nation’s devastating second wave. We aim to synthesize the existi...