Central teams conclude West Bengal has highest Covid-19 mortality rate

The revelation comes at a time when the national average for the mortality rate is 3.2 per cent - the lowest in the world

The inter-ministerial central team (IMCT), which visited West Bengal to assess the Covid-19 situation, in their final assessment have concluded that the mortality rate for coronavirus infection in the state is the highest in the country at 12.8 per cent. This indicates low testing, weak surveillance, and tracking, it observed.
 

On April 30, the West Bengal government had declared that all Covid-19 patients would be included in the daily statistics. Death certificates would be issued by the hospital with a committee of doctors examining a random sample, so long as a special audit committee, formed by the state government, is