Just as significant, nearly half come from less-reliable quick antigen tests, which can report false negatives as much as 50% of the time. The result is that India’s Covid-19 cases are likely much higher than the national numbers. Experts say rapid antigen tests can help countries with surging outbreaks quickly detect where the worst hit areas are. Yet some of the country’s most populous states don’t regularly publish detailed testing data. Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state with over 220 million people, more than twice as many as Bihar, reported over 2,500 new cases.

Source: Mint November 20, 2020 04:23 UTC