BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday alleged that the Shiv Sena-controlled civic body was under-reporting COVID-19 deaths in Mumbai. The BMC was classifying some COVID-19 deaths in this category in a dubious way, the former chief minister hinted. Fadnavis further said the BMC reported deaths of 683 COVID-19 patients under this "suspicious category" of `death due to other reasons' between February to April. This accounted for 39.4 per cent of total 1,773 deaths reported in the city during the period, he claimed. As per the BMC, the city's coronavirus caseload as of Friday was 6,71,394 and death toll 13,687.

Source: Mint May 08, 2021 14:48 UTC