Vaishnavi ChandrashekharScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.Mumbai—Just over 1 month ago, many Indians believed the pandemic was winding down.
Cases of COVID-19 had declined continuously and dramatically for 5 straight months, travel restrictions had been lifted, and wedding season was in full swing.
In Mumbai, the local commuter trains were fully back in service on 1 February.But now a second wave is hitting. Nationwide, cases have soared from just over 11,000 daily in mid-February to more than 50,000 per day this week, more than half of them in Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital.