PTI quoted eminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya as saying. "In my opinion, people were not getting tested earlier, but now, they have started getting tested seeing media reports about the increase in cases.
This alteration will continue for fairly long and it also depends on the behaviour of people," he added. The epidemiologist said that in a case testing is ramped up from 30,000 to 1,00,000, figures will go up.
Due to this, he says, it is difficult to predict till when will the fluctuation continue. "In Delhi, access to testing is higher, and therefore, people are getting tested.
The cases are proportionate to testing figures," he added. His opinions were echoed by Dr Vikas Maurya, the director and HOD of Pulmonology at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh. “One day people are getting tested and on another day, they are reluctant.