In India now blame has shifted to state level politics, Even in media you can see articles like Maha+Delhi is 60% of total cases, "10 states = 85% cases in India", "gujarat has highest proportion of deaths to corona cases"
These make state or even district authorities worry and they think if they report less cases they could avoid limelight. That's why reduced number of testing in Mumbai. Take example of delhi, private hospitals are charging lakhs from corona patients and saying that bed are not available. media instead of scrutinizing pvt hospitals, blames state govt. which in turn blames central and corona became political hot potato..
These make state or even district authorities worry and they think if they report less cases they could avoid limelight. That's why reduced number of testing in Mumbai. Take example of delhi, private hospitals are charging lakhs from corona patients and saying that bed are not available. media instead of scrutinizing pvt hospitals, blames state govt. which in turn blames central and corona became political hot potato..