The paper, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, estimated that the country had nearly 6.5 million cases as early as May. Total cases stood at more than 180,000 in late May, according to the health ministry. The research paper, written by government scientists and other experts and published late on Thursday, said large numbers of cases could have gone under the radar earlier this year because testing was limited to symptomatic patients or states had varying testing rates. The overall ratio of people who had been infected with the virus against the number of confirmed cases was then extrapolated to between 82 and 130. "India is currently testing 38,285 per million population.

Source: bd News24 September 11, 2020 16:30 UTC