I cry for the India 🇮🇳. Brutal epidemic ravaging the country, and hospitals are completely overwhelmed. A staggering 300,000 cases—and possibly 10x underdiagnosis means maybe ~3 million actual cases a day. #COVID19
2) FT thinks underdiagnosis is 10x in India. But some think it’s even higher...
3) By deaths alone, comparing cremations vs reported deaths, some areas have 24x higher underreport.
4) Another clue cases are rising more than actual amount is that positivity is soaring at the same time. That means tests are lagging behind the actual case rise.
5) Rise of another variant—Data submitted from India to the global repository GISAID shows the #B1618, at 12%, is the 3rd most common variant sequenced in the last 60 days. The #B1617, at 28%, is the most common sequenced, followed by #B117. #COVID19
hindustantimes.com
hindustantimes.com
6) Troubling is how observed crematorium deaths are vastly surpassing officially reported deaths in India 🇮🇳. Error of omission or sin of commission?
nzherald.co.nz
nzherald.co.nz
7) Oxygen crisis will now determine how much faster deaths might soon accelerate. Pray for India.
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