The body of an 85-year-old woman who had tested positive for Covid-19 remained in her flat at Karunamoyee Housing Estate in Salt Lake for at least 19 hours before it was removed for cremation by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, the family said.
Corporation officials said the reason for the delay was crematoriums were chock-a-block with bodies.
Geeta Kumari, the victim, had tested positive for the disease a few days back. She passed away on Saturday evening after suffering breathing problems, a family member said.
Kumari stayed with brother Ravindra Kumar and his son and daughter-in-law, all of whom are down with Covid and are in home isolation.