India's virus cases lower but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high

Even with a downturn in India's Covid-19 infections over the past few days, experts said there was no certainty that infections had peaked. [Reuters]

India on Monday reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases though daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts warned that the count was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas, where the virus is spreading fast.

For months now, nowhere in the world has been hit harder than India by the pandemic, as a new strain of the virus first found there fuelled a surge in infections that has risen to more than 400,000 daily.