Active cases in India touched 4,50,899. India’s R has increased a bit to 0.88 from June-end after being at the lowest ever value of 0.78 (since the pandemic began in March last year) from mid-May till late last month. This means, every 100 infected people on average pass on the infection to 88 other individuals.
India logged 37,154 new Covid-19 cases and there were 724 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by the Union Health Ministry.
With this, the active cases in India touched 4,50,899, around 39,649 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which pushed the total recoveries in the country to 3,00,14,713.
Around 12,35,287 people were given Covid-19 vaccine shots in the last 24 hours under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, bringing the total tally of doses administered to 37,73,52,501.
Maharashtra, Kerala and 3 other states account for 76.6% cases in India
Maharashtra reported the highest number of deaths related to the virus in the last 24 hours with 350 fatalities, followed by Kerala with 97 fatalities.
Meanwhile, the R-factor which indicates the speed at which the infection is spreading in the country, has risen recently leading to a sluggish pace in the decline of active cases while Kerala and northeast states have emerged as regions of concern.
The R-factor which indicates the speed at which the infection is spreading in the country, has risen recently leading to a sluggish pace in the decline of active cases while Kerala and northeast states have emerged as regions of concern.
This comes amid the unlocking process by many states trying to restore a semblance of normalcy Besides Kerala, the northeast region is of great concern. Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and possibly Tripura are showing a rise in the number of cases.
India’s R has increased a bit to 0.88 from June-end after being at the lowest ever value of 0.78 (since the pandemic began in March last year) from mid-May till late last month. This means, every 100 infected people on average pass on the infection to 88 other individuals.
If R is lesser than 1, it means the number of newly infected people is lower than the number of infected people in the preceding period which means the disease incidence is going down, a lead researcher said.
The smaller the value of R is, the faster the disease is on the decline. Manindra Agarwal, a scientist of a government panel tasked with modelling of Covid-19 cases, said the third wave of coronavirus could hit the peak between October-November if Covid appropriate behaviour is not followed. Agarwal also said the third wave could spread faster if any new virulent variant emerges.
