Maharashtra under-reported as many as 1,300 deaths due to COVID-19

• Mumbai — the worst affected coronavirus city in India — have reportedly missed reporting over 800 deaths due to coronavirus.
  
• The death tally in the city increased by 862, whereas the rest of Maharashtra added 466 deaths after ‘reconciliation’.
  
• Previously, West Bengal and New Delhi had revised their death number after they found discrepancies in their official bulletin.
  
  

Mumbai — the worst affected coronavirus city in India — have reportedly missed reporting over 800 deaths due to coronavirus. The death tally in the city increased by 862, whereas the rest of Maharashtra added 466 deaths after ‘reconciliation.’



Reconciliation is the action of making one’s official record consistent.

Principal Health Secretary Dr. Pradeep Vyas issued a notice against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ordering all the municipal corporations to reconcile data by June 15. The notice read, “any data mismatch brought to notice subsequently would be viewed very seriously,”

Previously, West Bengal and New Delhi had revised their death number after they found discrepancies in their official bulletin. The number of deaths in New Delhi rose from less than 100 to 1400. Whereas, West Bengal added 72 deaths.

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