Indias R value increases above 1 for first time in 3 months says researcher
New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Indias effective reproduction number R for Covid an indicator of how quickly the infection is spreading has increased to over one for the first time since January estimates a researcher from Chennais Institute of Mathematical Sciences The countrys R value steadily increasing over the last few weeks is 107 for the week between April 12-18 according to Sitabhra Sinha In the preceding April 5-11 week it was 093 The last time the R was above 1 was in the week between January 16-22 when the value was 128 Sinha said This increase in R-value is not just because of Delhi but also Haryana and Uttar Pradesh the mathematician who has been tracking R for India since the beginning of the pandemic told PTI An R value over 1 indicates that the number of active cases has increased R should be contained below 1 to control the pandemic An R number lower than 1 indicates that the disease will stop spreading as there arent enough people being infected to sustain the outbreak The R value this year was highest between January 1-10 reaching 298 when the Omicron variant of coronavirus caused the third wave in India Almost all major cities — Mumbai Bengaluru and Chennai — are showing R values above 1 In fact Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have an R value above 2 Data for Kolkata was not available Sinha said The estimated R value in the week ending April 18 is 212 for Delhi 212 for Uttar Pradesh 104 for Karnataka 170 for Haryana 113 for Mumbai 118 for Chennai and 104 for Bengaluru Among the major states Kerala and Maharashtra have an R value less than 1 with values of 072 and 088 respectively Karnataka also has R over 1 currently possibly because of the rising cases in Bengaluru Sinha explained With 2067 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day Indias total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43047594 43 crore while active cases increased to 12340 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday An increase of 480 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours The daily positivity rate was recorded at 049 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 038 per cent according to the health ministry On Tuesday Delhi recorded a nearly 26 per cent jump in fresh Covid cases but positivity rate dropped to 442 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on Tuesday While 632 fresh Covid cases were reported in Delhi the positivity rate was 442 per cent The city had on Monday recorded 501 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 772 per cent PTI SAR MIN MIN
New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Indias effective reproduction number R for Covid an indicator of how quickly the infection is spreading has increased to over one for the first time since January estimates a researcher from Chennais Institute of Mathematical Sciences The countrys R value steadily increasing over the last few weeks is 107 for the week between April 12-18 according to Sitabhra Sinha In the preceding April 5-11 week it was 093 The last time the R was above 1 was in the week between January 16-22 when the value was 128 Sinha said This increase in R-value is not just because of Delhi but also Haryana and Uttar Pradesh the mathematician who has been tracking R for India since the beginning of the pandemic told PTI An R value over 1 indicates that the number of active cases has increased R should be contained below 1 to control the pandemic An R number lower than 1 indicates that the disease will stop spreading as there arent enough people being infected to sustain the outbreak The R value this year was highest between January 1-10 reaching 298 when the Omicron variant of coronavirus caused the third wave in India Almost all major cities — Mumbai Bengaluru and Chennai — are showing R values above 1 In fact Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have an R value above 2 Data for Kolkata was not available Sinha said The estimated R value in the week ending April 18 is 212 for Delhi 212 for Uttar Pradesh 104 for Karnataka 170 for Haryana 113 for Mumbai 118 for Chennai and 104 for Bengaluru Among the major states Kerala and Maharashtra have an R value less than 1 with values of 072 and 088 respectively Karnataka also has R over 1 currently possibly because of the rising cases in Bengaluru Sinha explained With 2067 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day Indias total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43047594 43 crore while active cases increased to 12340 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday An increase of 480 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours The daily positivity rate was recorded at 049 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 038 per cent according to the health ministry On Tuesday Delhi recorded a nearly 26 per cent jump in fresh Covid cases but positivity rate dropped to 442 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on Tuesday While 632 fresh Covid cases were reported in Delhi the positivity rate was 442 per cent The city had on Monday recorded 501 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 772 per cent PTI SAR MIN MIN
