Massive under-reporting of deaths suspected in Gujarat
The Hindu
Many dying in rural areas without being tested or treated
Though the pace of increase in coronavirus infections has slowed down as have the number of COVID-19 deaths in Gujarat, the State continues to see a sharp mismatch in the number of COVID-19 deaths reported by the health authorities. Now, with the number of deaths emerging from rural and remote districts, official figures appear lower by as much as 20 times in some districts. The Hindu had earlier reported on the large-scale under reporting of deaths in major municipal cities such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Gandhinagar. However, the figures from rural districts reported in local media based on information from cremation grounds and local government offices from the State’s north, south and central regions, and Saurashtra and Kutch, bring out the horror of the pandemic’s devastating second wave.More Related News