India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
I think among the poor there are people dying from this virus but they aren't being counted as such. In poor areas it's probably common for people to die from different things and they probably just bury or cremate them without a having them examined to see what exactly they died of.
< India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world's strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to resume.
An additional 1,553 cases were reported over 24 hours, raising the national total past 17,000. At least 543 people have died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, and epidemiologists forecast the peak may not be reached before June.
In Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra and home to Asia's largest slum, city authorities were planning to administer hydroxycloroquine to thousands of slum-dwellers over 14 days to gauge whether the drug helped to slow the spread of the disease in a place where social distancing norms aren't possible to achieve. It was unclear how many people would participate in the experiment, or when it would begin.
President Donald Trump has touted the malaria drug to treat COVID-19, though its efficacy against the disease is unproven. >
https://news.yahoo.com/india-reports-biggest-one-day-062112431.html
Below Video from India from last month
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