Abandoning Lockdown, India’s Cases May Reach 800,000 in July
- India is fourth worst-hit despite enforcing an early lockdown
- Government focusing on caring for the sick, reducing deaths
Hairdressers wearing protective clothing clean up at a hair salon in New Delhi, June 3.
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After giving up on a costly lockdown, India is projected to see its coronavirus outbreak nearly triple over the next month to more than 800,000 cases as the country’s leaders tell citizens to learn to live with the virus.
The forecast from a team of data scientists at the University of Michigan would put India just below Brazil, the world’s second worst-hit country right now, and on track to surpass the Latin American country given its massive population of 1.3 billion people and the ongoing relaxation of virus containment measures.