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.