Read more about Bhopal Covid-19 deaths: Govt says 104, crematoriums say 2,557 on Business Standard. Crematoriums here claim that the last rites of as many as 2557 coronavirus victims from Bhopal district were performed in April, sharply contradicting the BJP-led state government s data
The mammoth mismatch has given credence to claims of massive under-reporting of COVID-19 fatalities in the city.
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(For representational purposes) Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Old Seemapuri Crematorium as coronavirus cases surge in New Delhi, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
BHOPAL: Crematoriums here claim that the last rites of as many as 2557 coronavirus victims from Bhopal district were performed in April, sharply contradicting the BJP-led state government s data which puts the COVID-19 deaths in the district last month at 104.
The mammoth mismatch has given credence to claims of massive under-reporting of COVID-19 fatalities in the city.
Bhopal: Crematorium, graveyard data belie official COVID-19 death figures
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Last Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 08:05 PM IST
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While the mismatch indicated massive under-reporting of COVID-19 fatalities, District Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Prabhakar Tiwari was not available for comment despite repeated calls.
If records of two crematoriums and a cemetery are to be believed, last rites of 137 COVID-19 victims were performed in Bhopal on Wednesday, though the official death figure for the day was only five. While the mismatch indicated massive under-reporting of COVID-19 fatalities, District Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Prabhakar Tiwari was not available for comment despite repeated calls.
COVID-19: Crematorium, graveyard data in Bhopal casts doubt on official death figures
Last rites of 187 persons, 137 of them coronavirus patients, were performed on Wednesday in the Madhya Pradesh capital, as per the managers of the three facilities
PTI | April 22, 2021 | Updated 20:28 IST
The bodies of coronavirus patients are brought in air-tight plastic bags to prevent the spread of the disease
If records of two crematoriums and a cemetery are to be believed, last rites of 137 COVID-19 victims were performed in Bhopal on Wednesday, though the official death figure for the day was only five. While the mismatch indicated massive under-reporting of COVID-19 fatalities, District Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Prabhakar Tiwari was not available for comment despite repeated calls.
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