Many other countries moved towards an exit plan after new case numbers had "peaked".

For India, estimating that peak is much harder, so it was always going to be the case that numbers would still be growing even 5 weeks into lockdown: https://scroll.in/article/959016/the-political-fix-why-india-will-have-a-hard-time-navigating-its-way-out-of-the-covid-19-lockdown
For context, when India went into a stringent lockdown it had only 500 cases and 10 deaths.

It now has nearly 30,000 new cases and 934 deaths, and though there are positive signs from many states flattening the curve, the peak is still hard to predict. https://scroll.in/latest/960405/covid-19-cases-in-delhi-cross-3000-us-records-1303-deaths-in-24-hours
This graph shows you how other countries saw cases spike and then start to drop after locking down.

India, however, has just seen a steady rise... https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/coronavirus-cases-india-lockdown-1674493-2020-05-05
"Though Covid-19 cases are doubling at a faster pace into the first week of the third phase of the lockdown, the general sentiment in the government appears to be against rolling back the relaxations towards a gradual un-lockdown." https://indianexpress.com/article/india/relaxed-lockdown-week-coronavirus-covid-19-restrictions-6402379/
For context, see also the shifting goalposts of what the aim of the lockdown was, with the government finally admitting yesterday that we'll have to learn to live with the virus: https://twitter.com/abantika77/status/1257893330702053378?s=20
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