Following allegations of 'missing' data on COVID-related deaths, the state government's statement said in addition to the 81 deaths reported on Tuesday, an additional 1,328 deaths which had occurred earlier were added to the tally taking the state's death toll to 5,537. The state government is now planning to bring in a software that will track the COVID cases to maintain transparency.

The clarification from the civic body and the state government came after allegations by BJP leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had not accounted for over 950 deaths in the city. Further inquiry indicated that the details on the deaths of some COVID patients had not been documented accurately. On Tuesday, state health department officials said that 862 deaths in Mumbai and 466 deaths in the rest of the state that had occurred in the past, were added to the tally.