Health Dept clarifies on death tally
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 18 2020:
On Covid related deaths reported by this paper, the Directorate of Health Services has clarified that the 57-year-old army officer (Colonel) and 75-year-old woman from Imphal West district died due to other illness even though they were COVID-19 positive patients.
The army Colonel died due to Septic Shock (non Covid death with GI bleed (Gastrointestinal bleeding) .
Acute kidney injury with SARS-Cov-2 infection while the 75- year-old woman from Imphal, West died due to cardiac arrest with Leukaemia (blood cancer), hypertension and Chronic Fissure SARS-Cov-2 infection.
They are "not COVID-19 deaths", though they were COVID-19 positive, said the Directorate.
The clarification from the Health Directorate came days after The Sangai Exrpress has been continuously carrying the report that three deaths have not been officially reflected.
There is as yet no explanation on why the death of a 42 year old man from Imphal West on December has not been reflected in the official tally.