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India s sudden drop in coronavirus cases has puzzled disease experts. Strict public-health measures and difficulty recording rural cases may have factored in.
India s sudden drop in coronavirus cases has puzzled disease experts. Strict public-health measures and difficulty recording rural cases may have factored in.
Aria BendixFeb 19, 2021, 05:51 IST
A student gets her body temperature taken in Hyderabad, India on February 1, 2021.Partha Sarkar/Xinhua/Getty Images
India s daily
coronavirus cases have plummeted since September.
The nation is now reporting just 8 daily cases per one million people, among the lowest per-capita rates in the world.
Experts say the decline is puzzling. The difficulty of recording rural cases, combined with strict public-health measures, may offer some explanation.
India s sudden drop in coronavirus cases has puzzled disease experts Feb 04, 2021, 08:04 AM
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India s daily coronavirus cases have plummeted since September.
The nation is now reporting just 9 daily cases per one million people, among the lowest per-capita rates in the world.
Experts say the sharp decline in cases is puzzling but the difficulty of recording rural infections, combined with strict public-health measures, may offer some explanation.
At the start of the pandemic, few countries were more ripe for a major coronavirus outbreak than India.
Not only is India the world s second most populous country, it s also one of the densest, with around 1,200 people per square mile. Cases there climbed steadily from April through September, reaching a peak of nearly 100,000 daily cases on September 16.