Officials say infection rates have consistently dropped since 30 April when they saw a record high.
A sluggish vaccination campaign has compounded the crisis.
Despite being the world's biggest producer of vaccines, there is a shortage of supplies. Since January, just over 10% of India's 1.4 billion people have had one dose and only about 2% two doses.Adar Poonawalla told the Financial Times the institute had been unfairly maligned over the lack of supplies.
Data released by the government said cases were also dropping in the worst affected state of Maharashtra, as well as the northern states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Joint secretary of the health ministry Lav Agarwal said however, that the "gains" were very early and needed to be sustained by "containment measures at district and state level".
Experts have repeatedly said that a lack of testing and patients dying at home without being seen by doctors would mean that infection rates and deaths are actually much higher than what is being reported. Data from crematoriums has also indicated that the number of officially reported deaths could be vastly undercounted.media caption
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