Cases that were rising by nearly 100,000 a day in September are now growing at just 10,000 a day. The country is currently battling a surge in cases in two states - Maharashtra and Kerala, which account for a combined 70 percent of nationwide active cases. Still, Mukherjee notes the "percentage of cases that require hospitalisations in Kerala and Maharashtra has gone down." Some say an open-air lifestyle in villages could have prevented a surge in rural India, where two-thirds of India's 1.3 billion people live. While experts agree many COVID-19 cases and deaths may be under-reported in India, available indicators like hospital-bed utilization rates point to a falling curve.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2021 11:37 UTC