Underreporting COVID-19: the curious case of the Indian subcontinent

• DOI: 10.1017/s0950268820002095
• Publication Date: 2020-09-11T04:53:18Z
• Authors: Raaj Kishore Biswas; Awan Afiaz; Samin Huq
• Keywords: Indian subcontinent; Globe; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Abstract COVID-19 has spread across the globe with higher burden placed in Europe and North America. However, rate of transmission recently picked up low- middle-income countries, particularly Indian subcontinent. There is a severe underreporting bias existing data available from these countries mostly due to limitation resources accessibility. Most studies comparing cross-country cases or fatalities could fail account for this systematic reach erroneous conclusions. This paper provides several recommendations on how effectively tackle issues regarding quality, test coverage case counts.