I don't know if this is fear mongering or not. But those case counts are very scary no matter what you think about it. 10 days of 300k followed by one day of 400k. I do know there are lots of false positives but even removing it would mean a ton of people are in trouble.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/01/india-covid-daily-coronavirus-cases-pass-400000-for-first-time.html