India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delhi sees a slowdown in daily new cases

High infection rates across prisons, one in four people not wearing masks, mid-day meals impacted as schools and anganwadis remain shut--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Undertrials see spurt in cases: Prisons across India have shown high rates of infection. The worst hit is Maharashtra with 2,061 inmates and 421 jail staff infected as of 23 September and an increase of about 30 confirmed cases daily. The SC, meanwhile, has refrained from monitoring the implementation of its March orders calling for committees to devise a criteria for granting bail to undertrials. The police continued to over-arrest even after prisoners were released and over-occupancy dropped by only 20 per cent. The main reason for the administration’s inability to reduce the prison population are the highly restrictive parameters