FILE PHOTO: File picture of a health worker using an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of a labourer at a construction site in the Indian city of Ahmedabad to guard against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A large Indian city badly hit by the coronavirus has recorded a sharp rise in deaths not attributed to the outbreak, according to official data and burial records, highlighting how the pandemic has affected general healthcare.
The spike in deaths in Ahmedabad, the most populous city in western Gujarat state, is due to patients with serious illnesses either not able to go to hospitals or being afraid to visit them because of the virus, doctors said.
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