VMC not to confirm deaths until declared by audit panel

Vadodara: Nineteen more Covid-19 cases were reported in the city even as one person who had tested positive died due to the disease. While sources in the GMERS, Gotri Hospital confirmed the death, Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) said that details of deceased will now be declared only after an audit by death audit committees appointed on instructions of the state government.
VMC said in a release that deaths will now be declared only after the audit report is studied in consultations with the government. A committee of a community medicine expert, clinical expert and critical care expert was appointed at GMERS and SSG Hospital to evaluate deaths.