Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): The death toll in the Chhindwara cough syrup case rose to 16 after a fresh casualty was reported on Tuesday afternoon, a senior district official said. With this, the death toll due to the alleged consumption of Coldrif cough syrup has increased to 19 in the state, as two deaths were also reported in the Betul district and one in the Pandhurna district. A two-year-old girl, a resident of Junnardeo in Chhindwara, died while undergoing treatment at Government Medical College in Nagpur. She was admitted there for over a week, he added. “So far 16 children have died in the cough syrup case in Chhindwara. One more girl child (2 years old) died this afternoon at around 12:30 pm, resulting in the death toll rising to 16. The girl was admitted

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