Watch | COVID-19 Bulletin: Delhi Govt Removes Hospital Wise Death Toll After Controversy
The Delhi government's daily bulletin on Thursday did not include hospital wise death data as it usually does. According to media reports, this could be explained by a controversy that ensued over the mismatch of figures given by the government and the hospitals. The Delhi government after this revised its COVID-19 death toll to 106. The 20 deaths which have been added took place in April and May, the authorities. The Delhi government was accused of under-reporting the fatalities but it had sought to blame the hospitals claiming they were not providing the death reports in a timely manner. According to another media report, there was a mismatch between the death toll given by the cremation and burial grounds and the official Delhi government toll.
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