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With a mortality rate of 12.8 per cent, West Bengal has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the country.

The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) leader Apoorva Chandra wrote this in his final observations to state Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha.

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Chandra left for New Delhi on Monday after submitting his final report on the COVID-19 mortality rate of West Bengal.

In his letter, Chandra said, “This extremely high mortality rate is a clear indication of low testing, weak surveillance and tracking.”

“An inconsistency has been brought to the front in the number of COVID-19 cases reported by the state in its medical bulletins and its communication with the Centre,” Chandra further wrote.

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