India virus cases hit 1.5 million, but slum study casts doubt on official data COVID19
NEW DELHI - Coronavirus infections in India passed 1.5 million and deaths neared 35,000 on Wednesday, but test results in Mumbai cast further doubt on official data in the world's second-most populous nation.
The South Asian giant, home to some of the world's most crowded cities and where health-care spending per capita is among the world's lowest, passed 1 million cases only 12 days earlier. The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research's Ullas S. Kolthur, who was involved in carrying out the survey, said he was surprised by the results.
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