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Cuttack, Sep 8 (PTI) The Orissa High Court has pointed out several discrepancies in a government affidavit regarding the deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Government figures showed that the state recorded 3,097 deaths only in 47 days between July 15 and August 31 this year.
"Earlier, it was reported that there were 4,925 deaths as of July 15, 2021," the court said on Tuesday.
"(But) the affidavit of September 6, 2021, shows there were 8,022 deaths in Odisha due to the pandemic as on August 31, 2021", it said.
The court questioned the manner in which these figures have been arrived at.
It asked the government to file a fresh affidavit by October and adjourned the matter to October 7.