Coronavirus | Chennai has not registered an abnormal increase in deaths, Corporation Commissioner says
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has not registered any abnormal increase in deaths, according to its Commissioner G. Prakash. Mr. Prakash told journalists on Thursday that officials were monitoring all the 240 burial grounds for any abnormal increase in deaths. “The City Health Officer is the custodian of data on births and deaths. We would have known if there had been any increase in the number of deaths. The condition of Chennai is not like that of cities in northern parts of India. The case fatality of COVID-19 has reduced to 1.4% in Chennai,” said Mr.Prakash.More Related News