India’s Cash Ban Leaves At Least 47 Dead, So Far

“Eight days into demonetisation, the death toll has reached 47. These are confirmed deaths reported in the national media. The number of unreported deaths may be higher. While most deaths are of the elderly waiting in long bank queues, there are quite a few suicides, especially of housewives.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/16/day-8-demonetisation-death-toll-rises-to-47/