Dhwani Pandya And Ari Altstedter Bloomberg

The novel coronavirus seemed like a distant problem in Boisar, a small factory town about two hours from Mumbai, until Daniel Tribhuvan died.

Around six in ten people living in some of the biggest slums in the country have antibodies for the novel coronavirus indicating they've recovered from infection, in what appears to be one of the highest population immunity levels known worldwide.

Hospital wards with corpses left unattended in hallways. Patients asked to sleep on the floor until beds open up. A woman with brain damage who died because she was refused medical help until her family could prove she was virus-free.

The novel coronavirus seemed like a distant problem in Boisar, a small factory town about two hours from Mumbai, until Daniel Tribhuvan died.

Around six in ten people living in some of the biggest slums in the country have antibodies for the novel coronavirus indicating they've recovered from infection, in what appears to be one of the highest population immunity levels known worldwide.

Hospital wards with corpses left unattended in hallways. Patients asked to sleep on the floor until beds open up. A woman with brain damage who died because she was refused medical help until her family could prove she was virus-free.