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India's devastating COVID-19 toll leaves heartbreaking wave of orphaned children | ABC News

The death toll from India's COVID-19 crisis is about 420,000 and no one is feeling that more than children who have lost both parents. There are at least 3,621 children across India whose parents both died during the pandemic, according to data from India's National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. But that official number might be a gross undercount. One study estimates almost 120,000 children lost their primary caregiver during the pandemic. South Asia correspondent James Oaten reports. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia