Recount shows under-reporting of Covid deaths in Bihar; total toll around 9,300
Verification ordered by CM Nitish Kumar to compensate families reveals nearly 4,000 cases were not recorded and action has been promised against those responsible.
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The revised death tally is 9,375 and that the government will soon make the payments. (File Photo | PTI)
Express News Service
PATNA: It has been officially confirmed that the districts in Bihar were not doing accurate reporting of Covid-19 deaths during the second wave of the pandemic. In a verification drive launched by the state government on May 18, it was found that 3,951 deaths had not been recorded in previous fatality reports.
Read more about Bihar s Covid toll takes a drastic upward leap to 9,429 after govt audit on Business Standard. The total number of Covid-19 fatalities in Bihar took a drastic upward leap of 3,951 in a day after the figures were revised by the state health department on Wednesday
Bihar imposes 8 hour-long night curfew, religious places to remain closed till May 15
Religious places of all faiths will remain shut till May 15 in view of the sudden spike in coronavirus cases in Bihar, the chief minister said
PTI | April 20, 2021 | Updated 08:30 IST
The Bihar government on Sunday decided to impose a night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am as part of new measures to check the spread of the killer virus, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced.
A decision has also been taken to extend the closure of schools/colleges/coaching centres till May 15 from April 30 decided earlier, he told reporters. Religious places of all faiths will remain shut till May 15 in view of the sudden spike in coronavirus cases in Bihar, the chief minister said. Earlier, they were closed till April 30.