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In September 2011, The Hindustan Times did a study in Delhi and reported that the number of malaria cases at the time were actually thrice as many as ______ by the city authorities. Earlier, in Mumbai, a municipal claim that 145 people died due to malaria in 2010 was ______ a lie after Praja, a city NGO, ______ figures from the municipality itself.