A dip in the number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai is offering a glimmer of hope for India, as the country battles a surge in infections. But experts say the crisis is far from over in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people, with hospitals still overwhelmed and officials struggling with short supplies of oxygen and beds. It is still too early to say things are improving, with Mumbai and New Delhi representing only a sliver of the overall situation. So the nationwide trends represent an incomplete and misleading picture of how things are faring across India as a whole, experts say. Experts also warn that another reason for an apparent peak or plateau in cases could be that the virus has outrun India’s testing capabilities.

Source: The Irish Times May 17, 2021 08:05 UTC