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1. But none of this proved enough as economic activities resumed and the authorities struggled to continue with the efforts. Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe return of migrant workers has been linked to rising infections in rural areas "After the lockdown was relaxed, people gathered for parties, weddings, birthday celebrations. The rules are not being followed. How can the authorities stop them? How many people can be prosecuted for neglecting their responsibility?" Dr M Mallik, East Godavari District Medical and Health Officer, told BBC Telugu. Dr Reddy says this is happening in many other states as well, but case numbers are not rising due to lower testing rates. Bihar, for instance, is doing as few as 6,000-7,000 tests per million, compared to Andhra Pradesh's 44,000. But India's testing data comes with caveats as the country is increasing its use of antigen tests, which are faster but less reliable than the RT-PCR test. India's guidelines require that anyone who gets a negative antigen test result must be retested with an RT-PCR kit, but it's unclear how often that is actually happening. And antigen tests account for 30% of India's tests, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.