Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. A study examining suicidal behaviour during India’s COVID-19 lockdown by the ‘International Journal of Mental Health Systems’ found a 67.7% increase in online news media reports of suicidal behaviour. In comparison with 2019, the suicides reported during the lockdown were by significantly older individuals, who were more likely to be between the ages of 31 and 50. There were also notable differences between the two years in terms of the methods used for suicides and attempted suicide. During the COVID-19-induced lockdown, more suicides were reported by hanging (64.4% vs 42%), fewer cases of poisoning (8.5% vs 21.5%) and fewer cases of jumping in front of a train (2% vs 9.4%).