Published 13:17 IST, April 27th 2020

Fact Check: Did a doctor from Maharashtra die due to Coronavirus after saving 188 lives?

Fact Check: There have been posts on Facebook and Twitter which claimed that there is a doctor named Manisha Patil who lost her life due to coronavirus.

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Amid Covid pandemic, people have been sharing various news and updates amid which also lies a lot of fake and misleing news. A recent post that has been going viral on Facebook and Twitter claims that a doctor from Maharashtra passed away after getting infected from coronavirus.

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Claim:

People are sharing two pictures on ir social media, one shows a selfie of a young girl and ar one is of same girl in doctor's apparel. Posts claim that girl, whose name is allegedly Doctor Manisha Patil, lost her life after she tested positive for coronavirus. post also says that she h helped many people fight war against COVID-19 but lost her life. It was shared by many on ir social media ps. progression of post can be seen as initial posts only claimed that Manisha was 28 years of and belonged to Maharashtra. later posts also claimed that she saved 188 lives as well.

(Source: Facebook)

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Rating: Fake

post is fake and misleing. pictures that are being shared by people do t belong to a Manisha Patil. pictures are of Dr Richa Rajpoot. news was debunked by Richa herself, who took to Twitter and shared a video where she said that video was fake. She shared that she is a general physician and she belongs to Kanpur. She also revealed that she has t been in direct contact with COVID-19 patients and is helping people on social media regarding ir primary issues.

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pictures shared in posts are that of Dr Richa Rajpoot from Kanpur, who is a general physician

Origin:

pictures started circulating on Facebook and n moved forward on Twitter and Whatsapp as well. On April 25, Dr Richa Rajpoot shared her selfie and a picture in her doctor apparel on her Twitter account. She h shared her pictures to join #BlueTwitter trend that which was used to share pictures in shes of blue. se two pictures were n used by people to make post about how a doctor died due to coronavirus and 'Pune doctor death' posts on social media.

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Google Trends Analysis

Google Trends shows how people were looking for post and also trying to search wher news was fake or true. searches saw a spike and reached its peak on April 26 at 10.30 AM. interest over time n slowly went down.