India Coronavirus Dispatch: Recoveries continue to outpace fresh cases

Cyber attacks on Indian drugmakers, infections among teachers and students as schools reopen, and more-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Recoveries continue to outnumber fresh cases: It has been 34 days since recoveries have outnumbered the detection of new infections, the strongest indication yet that India's coronavirus epidemic is steadily declining. In this time, active cases nearly halved, the fresh cases on a daily basis fell to less than half of the September peak, and the growth rate dropped to just about 0.5 per cent per day.

The exact reasons behind this turnaround are not completely clear, since the country is in the middle of a festive season. Health authorities and experts cautioned against lowering the guard as the festive season