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India’s Covid-19 worry: too few are being tested -Penny MacRae

-The Telegraph

Under-estimation of cases, inadequate number of ICU beds, old test kits add to challenge

India could soon face its moment of reckoning with the Covid-19 pandemic and the question is whether the country, with its rickety, under-resourced healthcare system, will be able to cope. The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India hit 151 Wednesday and, so far, there have been three deaths. On the surface, those numbers look extraordinarily good for the country of 1.38 billion people compared to many other nations. Around the world, the virus has infected over 200,000 people and claimed nearly 8,000 lives. China, with its 1.4-billion population, has had the most deaths at more than 3,226 while Italy, which has 60.5 million people, has reported over 2,500 deaths.

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