'COVID deaths in Gujarat under-reported' Says Chidambaram

NEW DELHI: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday alleged that COVID-caused deaths are being under-reported in Gujarat. Citing media reports, Chidambaram said 'COVID-caused deaths are being mis-reported as caused by cardiac arrest, chronic diabetes'.

He said while Gujarat officially reported 78 COVID-caused deaths on Friday (April 17), the media reported that 689 bodies were cremated in seven cities alone following the COVID protocol. "That is the Gujarat model!" added Chidambaram.

The country has been recording over two lakh COVID cases every day for the past few days. India recorded 2,34,692 cases were reported on Saturday, 2,00,739 and 2,17,353 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively. (IANS)

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