Hope in Mumbai: The city records 1,717 new Covid cases, lowest in nearly 2 months; cases plateau in Delhi, but continue to rise in other parts of India; Black fungal infection on the rise due to weakened immunity from overuse of steroids; 26 die due to oxygen shortage at Goa’s premier government hospital

Massive underreporting in Uttar Pradesh: the state ‘bans’ private labs from testing, restricts hospitals, refuses to accept CT-scan as proof; But unless deaths are certified Covid positive, they don’t count; “So, we are forced to write viral pneumonia in death certificates,” say local doctors

A month after Assam’s health minister said that Covid has ended and masking is no longer necessary, Assam shuts offices and schools, increases restrictions as Covid-19 cases, deaths spiral; that health minister is now Assam’s Chief Minister

Delhi violence complainant drugged and left unconscious, says threatened to withdraw complaint

Mobile phone production is down 50% amid a relentless second Covid wave and semiconductor shortage