Is India’s COVID testing falling behind?
As the country reels under a catastrophic second wave of COVID infections, its testing capacity is struggling to catch up. The race to overtake the infection is getting more challenging. By Tariq Hashmat On February 11, 2021, India’s recorded 9353 cases of COVID-19. The count, since then, has continually risen, crossing the 400,000 mark on April 30. While most of the country’s cases still come from hotspot states like Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, the infection, undoubtedly, has gone deeper into the country, as each state witnesses a second wave much worse than the first. Don’t test, don’...