Covid Crisis Tamil Nadu Government Under Fire For Hiding Death Toll Count Revised After Expos
COVID-19 Crisis: Tamil Nadu Government Under Fire For Hiding Death Toll, Count Revised After Exposé
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday added 444 deaths to the city’s Covid-19 toll based on a report submitted by a committee set up to reconcile the different counts of fatalities by the state health department and the Greater Chennai Corporation.
With this, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in the city is 1,939 and the mortality rate has increased from 1.4% to 1.6 %.