Based on the stats for the last 24 hours,[1] it looks as if the tide has started turning in Maharashtra. Home to 8% of India's population, it has been responsible, cumulatively, for ~25% of all cases and ~30% of all deaths (based on reported figures).
This is the state that was reporting ~60% of all cases and deaths in early/mid February while no one was paying attention to it.
If the trend holds, we should start seeing improvements in other states within the next week or two.
I am in Maharashtra. Had to visit a doctor last week. While a lockdown is _supposedly_ in effect since 12/14th April, it didn't feel like it if you look at the traffic on the roads.
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[ 0.29 ms ] story [ 22.5 ms ] threadThis is the state that was reporting ~60% of all cases and deaths in early/mid February while no one was paying attention to it.
If the trend holds, we should start seeing improvements in other states within the next week or two.
1. https://www.mohfw.gov.in/
Temporarily, yes - lockdown has been ordered in the state, and that is why the fall of new cases.
People don't care.