India : ~ 625,000 tests, 27,000 +ive

UK : ~ 670,000 tests, 153,000 +ive

Waiting for @bbc goats to write a piece on how India is testing less therefore lower number of cases..

Also @dhume https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with sunglasses">

By the way in case they argue that millions of people are secretly dying and govt is under reporting....

Overall number of deaths in March has drastically reduced... One month worth of homicide/suicide/accidents/hygiene related deaths reduced

This https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-casualties-idUSKCN2260WM">https://www.reuters.com/article/u...

India reports about 3000 homicides, 11,000 suicides, 12,000 road accident deaths, 25,000 personal hygiene related deaths....every MONTH !!

Because of emphasis on washing hands and lockdown... Drastic fall in all these deaths is expected..

And noticed

By the way after including Yesterday& #39;s data

India ~ 665,000 tests, ~28500 +ive, ~ 880 deaths

UK ~ 670,000 tests, ~153,000 +ive, ~ 21,000 deaths

After today India will likely cross Britain& #39;s test figures...

If it was "random sampling", ie the candidates to be tested were selected randomly (which neither UK nor India are doing btw), then a sample of same size would be far more representative for UK on account smaller population

India& #39;s testing protocolhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">

https://twitter.com/ChaiBiskutBhai/status/1254736459820490754?s=19">https://twitter.com/ChaiBisku...

Death registration can be used... Compliance for death registration is much higher than birth registration... Especially for elderly (insurance claims, property claims, bank account closures)

Since majority of deaths would belong to elderly it can be useful surveillance tool. https://twitter.com/Terex93556797/status/1254739793507827715">https://twitter.com/Terex9355...

There is a lag in death registration however... https://twitter.com/Terex93556797/status/1254739793507827715">https://twitter.com/Terex9355...