State of the Pandemic, China, India, Iran, Japan
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Period. 30 March – 5 April 2020

A number of countries including Iran, China and Japan are also increasingly facing questions about official reports of case counts and mortality figures, as modelling estimates and informal proxy indicators (e.g. total mortality, demand for funeral services, local and social media accounts, etc.) suggest real figures may be significantly higher. There is likewise concern that the true outbreak size in India may be significantly higher than the 2,567 confirmed cases, which has doubled in just two days.

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