The Congress party said that it would look into legal options against such a huge disparity in the death toll.
The Congress-led opposition raised the issue by issuing a reply received through the Right to Information Act on the number of COVID-19 cases till date.
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The Congress in Kerala on Tuesday alleged that there was a huge disparity between the actual number of deaths related to COVID-19 and the official tally released by the state government. The Congress-led opposition raised the issue by issuing a reply received through the Right to Information Act on the number of COVID-19 cases till date.
“The RTI application seeking the number of deaths was given on July 13 and the reply came on July 23. It says that from January 1, 2020 to July 13 this year, the number of Covid-19 deaths in the state was 23,486. However The House said only 16,170 deaths were reported yesterday,” the Chief Minister told a press conference, Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, VD Satheesan. Showing the RTI reply, Satisan said there was a “gap of 7,316 deaths” between the RTI reply and the official figures, which means there is a huge disparity between the actual number of deaths and the official number released by the state government.
Satheesan said, “This information was obtained through the RTI Act, and this information was given by the Kerala Mission. It is not functioning from the KPCC office here. It is a state government agency.” He alleged that the state government was deliberately underreporting the number of Covid-19 deaths and the methods used to trace the deaths were unscientific.
The Congress party said that it would look into legal options against such a huge disparity in the death toll. According to a government release, Kerala on Tuesday reported 22,129 new Covid-19 cases and 156 Covid-19 related deaths, taking the death toll to 16,326.
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