‘Committee Won’t Audit All COVID-19 Deaths Anymore,’ Says WB Govt

The government announced that only hospitals will now issue death certificates in COVID-related deaths.

The government audit committee that was "auditing" each COVID-19 death in West Bengal and was classifying it into "COVID" and "co-morbid" deaths, will no longer be examining every virus-related death, said West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha on Monday, 4 May.

He also added that from now on, only hospitals will be issuing death certificates for COVID-19 deaths, but they will “only be documenting the COVID deaths” and “not the co-morbidities”.