As per government data released on Wednesday morning, India lost 4,205 people to the coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours. This is the highest-ever death count that India has ever witnessed in a single day ever since the pandemic struck the country in 2020. In a span of 10 days, this is the third time that India has officially recorded over 4,000 deaths in 24 hours. The country had seen over 4,000 deaths on May 8. On May 9, the second day in a row, India had reported 4,092 deaths.

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With over 800 deaths, Maharashtra topped the tally among the states again. Other states such as Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Karnataka have also reported over 200 deaths per day.

As far as the fresh cases are concerned, the tally saw a marginal increase in comparison with yesterday. The health bulletin said that in the last 24 hours, 3.48 lakh new Covid-19 infections were recorded. The overall tally has seen a slight ebb. But, the state-wise Covid tracker shows that the situation has not improved. Across the country, over 500 districts are reporting over a 10% positivity rate. In total, there are 13 states that have 100,000 active corona cases.

On a slightly brighter side of the Corona-crisis, there is a relief for Delhi-NCR as the National Capital has shown improvement with a positivity rate dipping to 17.7%. Experts are divided over the important question- Has Covid second wave peaked and is now receding?

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Some of the experts stated that the previous mathematical models, as well as clinical studies had predicted the second wave peaking in mid-May, and then the numbers would be on a downward trajectory subsequently. But the devil is in the details- which implies data accuracy. There are also reports of hiding the actual number of deaths by a factor of 8-10. This argument has some weight given that crematoriums across UP, Delhi, and other regions of the north-central part of the country and Gujarat are running overtime for past few weeks with an increased load of dead-bodies.The numbers reported by India and other South-East Asian nations are underestimated, as pointed out by the World Health Organization.