VMC faces Covid data manipulation flak, mayor says it ‘could be to avoid panic`
(WorldNews India)

The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), which has, so far, managed to keep its official figures of Covid-19 cases just above 10,000 since the outbreak of the pandemic with 171 deaths recorded officially until Friday, is facing data manipulation allegations. Elected representatives of both the Congress and BJP cited the increasing number of cremations and burials across the city as an indicator of the “concealed” data. Congress corporator Chirag Zaveri and BJP MLA Jitendra Sukhadia on Friday aired their concern, seeking immediate correction in the figures related to the pandemic, even as Mayor Dr Jigeesha Seth said that the numbers of reported cases could be “restricted” to avoid “spread of...