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The inadequacies in coping with any medical emergency have been exposed and the scarcity of essential infrastructure, medicines and logistics is starkly visible now
India has reported 357,229 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours – the 13th straight day of more than 300,000 infections – taking its overall tally to more than 20 million. Deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408, health ministry data showed on Tuesday.
However, medical experts say the real numbers across the country of 1.35 billion may be five to 10 times higher than the official tally.
The steep climb in infections in the first week of April, when for the first time India surged past 100,000 cases, was indicative of an impending disaster.
In a matter of weeks, India descended into a COVID-19 hell as visuals of dead bodies lined up outside crematoriums, unending funeral pyres and burials emerged from its major cities and towns.