State
Many hospitals giving late information on deaths
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 136 deaths from Covid 19 on Monday but the cumulative count of deaths increased by 223 on the day because of the delay in reporting of deaths by some hospitals. In JLN district hospital Rudrapur 65 deaths which had occurred from April 28 to May 7 were reported on Monday.
Similarly 15 deaths were reported from BHEL hospital Haridwar. These deaths had occurred from April 29 to May 12. Navya hospital Udham Singh Nagar too submitted a delayed report of seven patients. On May 14, the Baba Barfani hospital, Haridwar had delayed reporting about the death of 65 patients of Covid -19.