Now that the adrenaline rush around the state election results has waned, a quick reminder is due on the fact that the country is still struggling with the second surge of COVID.
India’s cases reported a dip for the third consecutive day. However, the country still recorded 3.57 lakh new COVID cases on 4 May, taking the cumulative tally in the country to over 2 crore.
But the dip cannot be a reason to be hopeful yet as it has not been ascertained if it has to do with low infections or low testing. While governments say that the infection is coming down in certain states, such as Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, most experts argue that it was the lack of testing and underreporting of deaths and infections that projected the dip.