4.5MM excess deaths over 16 months during the pandemic in India

To put the title figure into some perspective, it suggests an average of 281,250 per month in excess the normal.

India in 2019 had something like 1,141,666 deaths / month on average. So a 24% increase on that assuming the numbers on my quick search line up. It would be interesting to know the fluctuations over a decade for better bird's eye.

https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-in-India-every-day