The Hindu Business Line– April 23, 2020. *A statement from CDDEP was issued regarding the following publication and the corrections have been initiated.

The US-based Centre for Disease, Dynamics and Economic Policy (CDDEP), has in its report dated April 20 said India’s total SARS-COV-2 infections up to September could be as high as 111 crore, even with “hard lockdown, continued social distancing and isolation of cases”. Even this number is the average of the expected range between 55-138 crore.