Well, I would agree that the actual death count is bigger than what is reported but 10x is a LOT and claiming extraordinary 100x is ridiculous unless someone gives proper evidence for that.
All the shortages in crematorium facilities are really unfortunate but they are basically near Delhi region. Basing your overall 10x figure for the ENTIRE India on 1 region (granted it is one of the biggest in the nation) is not right unless you provide evidence for that.
The figure in Delhi might be 5x-10x but for entire India? I don't know and one should definitely stay away from "I guess" or "I believe" in this situation unless you provide resources in my opinion.
The lack of cremation facilities are reported throughout the country. It is not just about one region or the other. The under-reporting is reported in most places. The lack of tests in places like Kolkata shows that people even after showing symptoms can't get tested. All these point to the official government numbers being a fraction of the actual numbers.
In an environment where the government is under-reporting and the news reports are the only ones showing the ground reality we can only speculate the actual number for the whole country. We may never do. Until that we can only opine and point to the evidence we have.
As I said earlier, I'm not saying that there isn't under reported death count. I said we cannot say anything about entire nation based on currently reported cases. Those report point out to that region and may not be applied to the whole nation. Eg. suppose 4 cities have 5x under reported cases, we cannot expand that to the entire nation until we conduct thorough research first.
On top of that the OP stating 10-100x is mind numbingly large range. My earlier point was respect to that statement. Claiming 100x under reported deaths is too large of a number that if you put a number on that, it would empty most of the cities in matter of a month which clearly is not a case AFAIK. So, throwing these random numbers based on one's own opinion is not right especially when it is presented as a statement.
