<p>Using administrative data of visitors to Delhi’s&nbsp;Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics&nbsp;(primary health care centers), researchers&nbsp;conducted surveys with around 1,200 residents of Delhi every 7-10 days.The questionnaire was brief and focused on food and income security, awareness of and access to government relief schemes as well as knowledge of public health directives.</p>

<p>India’s COVID-19 lockdown is widely believed to have disrupted critical health services, but its effect on non-COVID health outcomes is largely unknown.Comparing mortality trends among dialysis patients in the eight months around the lockdown with the previous year, researchers&nbsp;document a 64 percent&nbsp;increase in mortality between March and May 2020 and an estimated 22-25 percent&nbsp;total excess mortality between April and July 2020, the first four months after the lockdown was imposed.The mortality increase is greater among women&nbsp;and disadvantaged groups.Barriers to transportation and disruptions in hospital services appear to be the main drivers of increased morbidity and mortality.</p>