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The number of reported covid-19 cases in India increased by 16 percent in the past two days to 20,471, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) released last night. This is a slower rate of increase compared to the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count increased 19 percent to 17,656.
So far this week, the number of cases has increased by 27 percent (between Sunday afternoon and Wednesday night). This is slightly faster compared to the previous three days, when confirmed cases increased by 26 percent.
Although 19-year-old India’s trajectory has declined slightly in the past two weeks, it is still more pronounced compared to its Asian peers such as Japan, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Singapore, which had a much flatter curve than most other countries, has seen a renewed wave of new infections that has slightly increased its curve. Compared to western nations where the virus has claimed more lives, the trajectories of most Asian countries, including India, have been flatter so far.
India’s case count is now roughly double what it was nine days ago. This is a slower rate compared to early April, when cases doubled every four days. Deaths have also seen a slower increase. The death toll in India for covid-19 as of the previous night was 652, roughly double what it was nine days ago.
Still, at the current compound growth rate, the number of cases could rise to 30,000 in the next four days. This trajectory should be further reduced if India wants to prevent its hospitals from being overwhelmed in the coming months.
At 4,248, Maharashtra leads in terms of the number of active cases of covid-19, according to the update from the health ministry on Wednesday night. Active cases exclude deaths and recoveries from the list of confirmed cases.
Gujarat has the second highest number of active cases (2,033), followed by Rajasthan (1,546). With 1,498 active cases, Delhi has the fourth highest number of active cases, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh (1,364). The top five states together account for 67 percent of active cases nationwide, and the top ten states account for 92 percent of all cases.
Nationwide, the active case count was 15,859 as of last night. It is still the first days and the state distribution could change in the coming days. Evidence across states has been uneven, and as evidence increases, more cases may emerge in states where reported cases have so far been low.
In the past seven days, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have seen the highest peak in the cases. These three states account for 69 percent of all new active cases in this period. During the same period, deaths have also increased in these three states. These states account for 63 percent of all covid-related deaths in the past seven days.
So far, 432 districts have confirmed cases in the country. In the past two days, the districts of Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur have seen the largest increase in nationally confirmed cases. These five districts account for 51 percent of new cases during this period, according to data collected by howindialives.com.
Among districts, Mumbai (3,746 cases) has reported the highest number of cases nationwide, followed by Ahmedabad (1,501) in Gujarat, Pune (945) in Maharashtra, Indore (923) in Madhya Pradesh, and Jaipur (720) in Rajasthan. . These top five districts now account for 37 percent of confirmed cases in the country.
New Delhi (484), Hyderabad (479) in Telangana, Thane (477) in Maharashtra, Surat (415) in Gujarat, and Chennai (378) in Tamil Nadu are the other top-ranking districts on the list of ten districts main. The top ten districts account for 47 percent of confirmed cases nationwide.
Most of the hotspots in India are wealthy urban districts, and the wealthiest states have been hit hardest so far.
More than 2.6 million people have now been detected as covid-19 patients worldwide, even in various parts of the world, including India, still locked up to contain the pandemic.
