Health professionals have accused India of hiding the true number of COVID-19 deaths across the country, as it deals with a “tsunami” of new infections.
On Sunday, India recorded the highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in the world with 352,991 new infections. And its second wave is showing no signs of stopping with 323,023 cases and 2771 deaths officially recorded on Tuesday.
However, there are fears these disturbing figures could be even higher than what is being officially reported.
Scientists have been using serology surveys to get a more accurate measure of infection rates, with a previous national survey showing the number of cases in India is likely “20 to 30 times higher than what had been reported”, according to CNN.
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Applying this to India’s latest figures raises the estimated total infections for the country to 529 million cases, more than half a billion…