Indore, Jan. 2 -- Indore district Collector Shivam Verma on Friday said there were five deaths officially confirmed so far in the water contamination incident, while the total number of hospitalised patients has risen to 210.

He also highlighted that a team of senior doctors was constituted to analyse the death figures reported from various sources and based on it the official figure would be updated.

"The administration issues the figures on the basis of medical confirmation and so far five deaths have occurred in the incident. We have also constituted a team senior doctor which will analyse the death figures which were received from other sources such as public representatives or media and then we will update our official death figure...