Health officials working through the night on Monday retrieved 71 bodies, officials in Bihar state said. Expand Close Police officials standing guard at the banks of the River Ganges where several bodies were found (KK Productions via AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Police officials standing guard at the banks of the River Ganges where several bodies were found (KK Productions via AP)Images on social media of the bodies floating in the river prompted outrage and speculation that they died from Covid-19. Authorities performed post-mortem examinations on Tuesday but said they could not confirm the cause of death due to the decomposition of the bodies. More corpses were found floating in the river on Tuesday, washing up in Ghazipur district in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh state. “We are trying to find out where did these dead bodies come from?

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2021 14:03 UTC