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Covid-19: The mystery of rising infections in India s Kerala
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image captionKerala has recorded more than 3.4 million Covid-19 cases
The southern Indian state of Kerala accounts for more than half of the country s new Covid-19 infections. The BBC s Soutik Biswas and Vikas Pandey report on why cases continue to rise in the state, months after the waning of the deadly second wave.
In January 2020, Kerala reported India s first Covid-19 case in a medical student who returned from Wuhan, in China, where the pandemic began.
The number of cases rose steadily and it became a hotspot. By March, however, half a dozen states were reporting more cases than the picturesque southern state.
Excess deaths in Maharashtra were at least 3 times the official COVID toll thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Indiaâs COVID-19 death toll estimated in the millions, study finds
By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi
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Oxygen tankers arrive for filling as India s COVID-19 crisis deepens
Tanker trucks arrived for filling with liquid oxygen in Visakhapatnam, India, on April 22, part of the country s effort to help with dangerously low levels at hospitals. Credit - RINL via Storyful
NEW DELHI - India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the South Asian country.