Mumbai: BMC denies suppressing COVID-19 death toll
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The Mumbai civic body has denied allegations of suppressing the COVID-19 death and infection figures and said it was recording the number of fatalities as per protocols laid down by the WHO and ICMR.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday accused the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of under-reporting COVID-19 fatalities and manipulating the viral infection rate in the city.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the BMC said it was completely transparent in reporting the number of COVID-19 fatalities and cases, and in conducting the tests.
The civic body rejected the criticism that it was creating a false picture that the pandemic situation in Mumbai was being brought under control.
The Supreme Court recently praised the BMC for managing the second wave of COVID-19 efficiently (File)
Mumbai:
The Mumbai civic body has denied allegations of suppressing the COVID-19 death and infection figures and said it was recording the number of fatalities as per protocols laid down by the WHO and ICMR.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday accused the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of under-reporting COVID-19 fatalities and manipulating the viral infection rate in the city.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the BMC said it was completely transparent in reporting the number of COVID-19 fatalities and cases, and in conducting the tests.
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Fadnavis in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the Shiv Sena-controlled civic body is classifying deaths of some COVID-19 patients to ‘other reasons’, thus underreporting the real toll caused by the deadly infection.