After over two months, India's Covid바카라 웹사이트positivity rate went past 1% again as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections and 26 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The data reported that the rise pushed the overall Covid tally of the country to 4,30,82,345 cases and 5,23,869 deaths. The number of active cases rose by 408 in a 24-hour span to reach 19,500, the data updated at 8 am showed. At 1.07 per cent, the daily positivity went past one per cent again after a little over two months, the ministry said. It was at 1.11 per cent on February 27.
The weekly rate was 0.70 per cent, according to the health ministry. The death toll has climbed to 5,23,869 with the 26 new fatalities being reported. The active cases constitutes 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the country라이브 바카라 Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said.
What is R-value?
The R-value바카라 웹사이트also known as the바카라 웹사이트R-factor, is a mathematical term. It indicates the virus’ rate of reproduction.바카라 웹사이트R-value is used to track the Covid-19 virus and understand its spread across the area. ‘R’ here stands for the number of people one person can infect.
For example If the R-value is 1, that means바카라 웹사이트every infected person is likely to바카라 웹사이트infect another person.바카라 웹사이트When the R-value goes up, that means the number of people, who are likely to be infected, increase. When the R-value is below 1, then there are chances that the outbreak will stop바카라 웹사이트as there are not too many people who are likely to be infected.바카라 웹사이트
R-Value increased to over one, What바카라 웹사이트Sitabhra Sinha (Mathematician and Researcher)바카라 웹사이트has to say:바카라 웹사이트
India's바카라 웹사이트R-value has been steadily increasing over the last few weeks,바카라 웹사이트The last time the R was above 1 was in February, when the value was 1.11.바카라 웹사이트"This increase in R-value is not just because of Delhi but바카라 웹사이트also Haryana and Uttar Pradesh," Sitabhra sinha, The mathematician,who바카라 웹사이트has been tracking R for India since the beginning of the바카라 웹사이트of the pandemic, told PTI.
“The total cases in India are indeed increasing exponentially. Of course, this being a very large country, this national rise is primarily being driven by a few regions - one cluster in the north (Delhi, Haryana, UP) and the other in the south (Karnataka),” he said.
“At the height of the Omicron wave R had risen to its maximum value so far (for India) of 2.98 (December 30, 2021-Jan 10, 2022). Contrast this with the next highest value of R during the beginning of the first wave, 2.51 (March 14-April 5, 2020),” he further added.
R-Value in other cities:
The estimated R-value in the week ending April 18 is 2.12 for Delhi, 2.12,바카라 웹사이트1.04 for Karnataka, 1.70 for Haryana, 1.13 for Mumbai, 1.18 for Chennai and 1.04 for Bengaluru. Among the major states,바카라 웹사이트Uttar Pradesh has바카라 웹사이트an R-value above 2, Kerala and Maharashtra have an R-value less than 1, with values of 0.72 and 0.88 respectively. Karnataka also has R over 1 currently, possibly because of the rising cases in Bengaluru. according to the reports.바카라 웹사이트
"It is interesting that the major cities of Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru also have R above 1, suggesting that urban areas may be showing an increasing number of cases even though at the level of the entire state such an increase may not yet be apparent,” experts say.
What experts have to say on 4th Wave:
There have been indicators that India needs to watch out for, experts say바카라 웹사이트that it is unlikely that the present scenario will result in a wave as deadly as the one caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19 during the months from April to June in 2021,바카라 웹사이트They also state that the recent rise바카라 웹사이트in cases is because of factors comprising of dwindling vaccine immunity and the lifting of the Covid curbs in most parts of the country,바카라 웹사이트according to the reports.
However, The experts say that most Indians have acquired protective immunity to the virus by contracting the infection or by getting the vaccine. Also, a majority of Indians are vaccinated.바카라 웹사이트"India is breathing easy," says Dr K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India, a Delhi-based think tank.
"We are in a good place. We have a high level of vaccination and the government should be commended for that. We also have a high level of infection in the population which we acquired during several waves," says Dr Gagandeep Kang, one of India's top virologist.바카라 웹사이트"The possibility of a large-scale nationwide wave of infections in India in the near future is very low," says Dr Chandrakant Lahariya, a physician epidemiologist, reproted by BBC News.
(With inputs from PTI)바카라 웹사이트
