Scientists baffled by plummeting levels of coronavirus infections in India

A man wearing a face mask walks past a man feeding pigeons outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi, Kerala state, India. Picture: RS Iyer/AP

Scientists are baffled by the relatively low rate of coronavirus infections in India after at one point it looked as though it might surpass the US as the country with the biggest case toll.

Infections began to plummet in September, and now the country is reporting about 11,000 new cases a day, compared to a peak of nearly 100,000, leaving experts perplexed.