Death audit in Haveri within a week: Bommai

In the wake of high death rate among COVID-19 patients in Haveri district, a team of doctors and experts will be visiting within this week to conduct a death audit, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has

In the wake of high death rate among COVID-19 patients in Haveri district, a team of doctors and experts will be visiting within this week to conduct a death audit, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said. Speaking to presspersons in Haveri on Monday, Mr. Bommai said that he has already written to the Health Minister on the need for sending the team and has also spoken to him personally on the issue. The Minister said that the positivity rate in Haveri is less than 5% even after a high number of RT-PCR tests being conducted. “However, the death rate is high in Haveri district. That is why it is important that a death audit is conducted so that it will help in taking precautionary measures in the coming days,” he said.