Why are COVID cases in India decreasing, despite the low double vaccination rate?
- Written by Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University
COVID continues to slow down in India. The festival season, which includes Durga Puja and Diwali where large groups of Indians gather, did not lead to a surge in cases. Epidemiological modellers had earlier predicted a third wave peaking during October and November.
Daily new cases have dropped from a peak of more than 400,000 per day in May 2021...





