The development comes in the wake of Bihar revising its figure of total number of fatalities caused by Covid-19 to 9,429 from 5,424, according to the Union health ministrys data on Thursday. A nodal officer appointed by the state governments will coordinate with the civil society groups and Ministry of Panchayati Raj, said officials.
India News: NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Friday said it has regularly emphasised on the need for a robust reporting mechanism to monitor district-wise Covid .
The Centre also said that states have been advised repeatedly through multiple mediums and through deployment of Central teams for recording of deaths.
According to the department, which had till the previous day stated the number of deaths to be under 5,500, as many as 3,951 deaths have been added to the number of deaths after verification.