India coronavirus: Greater than 2 million instances showed

But India’s health authorities have said that part of the reason for the soaring cases is an increase in testing.

Since July 29, when India’s caseload passed 1.5 million, the country has carried out an estimated 5 million tests, bringing its total number of tests to 22.7 million as of Thursday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research. And according to health authorities, around 68% of the confirmed cases have now recovered.

In India, not all patients require a test to be considered recovered. Patients with mild and moderate symptoms are considered no longer active after 10 days of symptom onset if they meet certain conditions, and a test to confirm that they no longer have the virus is not required. However, severe cases can only be discharged after one negative coronavirus test.

Compared with other countries, India’s mortality rate remains low. According to JHU data, India has around three deaths per 100,000, compared with almost 67 deaths per 100,000 in the United Kingdom, which has the highest mortality rate of the top 20 most affected countries.

India’s outbreak

Although India now has one of the world’s largest known outbreaks, it took relatively swift steps against coronavirus during the first phases of the pandemic.

While these measures have been progressively eased over the last few months, some hard-hit parts of the country are still under strict coronavirus restrictions.

The country’s move to a lockdown likely helped lessen the impact of the outbreak, experts have suggested. But the lockdown also underscored India’s inequality, especially in urban areas.

After India announced its nationwide lockdown, millions of daily-wage earners living in cities found themselves out of work. Some opted to travel thousands of miles back home to their families in other parts of the country.