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KOLKATA: By making a clear distinction between “died of Covid” and “died with Covid,” Bengal officially set its death toll from the virus at age 18 on Friday, according to an audit of 57 cases by an expert committee that classified 39 of those deaths as caused by “severe comorbidities” and cited the presence of the virus in the deceased as “an incidental finding.”
Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha gave the separation hours after a core team sought clarification from the state on whether its expert committee was in line with guidelines framed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The core team, led by the Union’s additional secretary, Apurva Chandra, also looked for records of all Covid-19 patients who had died and whose deaths had been attributed to other diseases (comorbidities).
Additional secretary Chandra said a large number of patients at MR Bangur waited for their test reports for more than five days. “Why are the results taking so long?” he said. The core team suggested increasing the tests to between 2,500 and 5,000 tests per day.
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Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha gave the separation hours after a core team sought clarification from the state on whether its expert committee was in line with guidelines framed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The core team, led by the Union’s additional secretary, Apurva Chandra, also looked for records of all Covid-19 patients who had died and whose deaths had been attributed to other diseases (comorbidities).
Additional secretary Chandra said a large number of patients at MR Bangur waited for their test reports for more than five days. “Why are the results taking so long?” he said. The core team suggested increasing the tests to between 2,500 and 5,000 tests per day.
