Coronavirus: India registers record 6,148 deaths after Bihar revises its data
The country reported less than 1 lakh cases for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Updated An hour ago Family members of Covid-19 patients perform their last rites at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 15. | Arun Sankar/ AFP
India on Thursday registered a record 6,148 deaths due to Covid-19 after the Bihar government revised its data. The country’s toll rose to 3,59,676 since the outbreak of the pandemic in January 2020. On May 19, India had reported 4,529 deaths, its highest single-day toll, before Thursday.
Bihar added 3,951 backlog deaths to its toll on Wednesday. This pushed the number to 9,429. Till Tuesday, the health department had stated the number of deaths to be under 5,500. The Bihar government said these previously unaccounted deaths were of patients in private hospitals and home isolation and those who died of post-Covid complications.
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