Covid-19 data in doubt as ICMR records 1,087 more patients than NCDC

The presentation to the states during the meeting showed that data from NCDC and ICMR matched in only eight regions — five states from the Northeast and the Union Territories of Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep. Of these eight places, four have no cases and only one state has more than 2 confirmed cases — Meghalaya with 12 cases.

In 21 states and UTs, the numbers of confirmed cases are higher in the ICMR records as compared to NCDC as of data collected by 8 am on April 26. The highest difference is registered in Maharashtra, Gujarat and West Bengal where the ICMR data shows 8,848, 3,809 and 770 confirmed cases, respectively, while the NCDC data puts the case count at 7,628, 3,071 and 611, respectively. The highest difference among these 21 states is in Maharashtra — 1,220 cases. Nagaland has the lowest difference of 1 case. While ICMR data records Nagaland’s confirmed case count as 1, NCDC has zero next to the state’s name.

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There are correspondingly eight states where the NCDC number is higher than the ICMR, the biggest differences recorded in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. For instance, while Delhi’s NCDC count is 2,625, the ICMR number is 2,155. The corresponding numbers for MP are 2096 (NCDC) and 1778 (ICMR), and 1793 (NCDC) and 1572 (ICMR) for Uttar Pradesh.

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