India's cases decline but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high

Experts say official count is unreliable; Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan fears there could be worse to come in India

India reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases on Monday but daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts said the data was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas where the virus is spreading fast.
 

For months now, nowhere in the world has been hit harder than India by the pandemic, as a new strain of the virus fuelled a surge in infections that has risen to more than 400,000 daily.
 

Even with a downturn over the past few days, experts said there was no certainty that infections had peaked, with alarm growing both at home