Mint Covid Tracker: Despite slowing trajectory, Indias case count could reach 50,000 in eight days

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The number of reported coronavirus cases in India rose 15 percent over the past two days to 26,917, data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last evening showed. This is the same rate of increase as in the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose 15 percent to 20,471.


Although India’s coronavirus trajectory has tapered over the past couple of weeks, it continues to be steeper compared to Asian peers such as Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.


Although India’s coronavirus trajectory has tapered over the past couple of weeks, it continues to be steeper compared to Asian peers such as Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.


Singapore, which had a much flatter curve than most other countries earlier, has seen a renewed wave of new infections that has steepened 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 ten days ago. This is a much slower rate compared to early-April, when cases were doubling every four days. Deaths have also seen slower rise. India’s death toll from covid-19 as of last evening was 826, roughly double what it was eleven days ago. Still, at the current rate of compounded growth, the number of cases could rise to 50,000 in the next eight days, and strain an already weak health system.


At 6,229, Maharashtra leads in terms of the number of active cases, according to the health ministry update on Sunday evening. Active cases exclude deaths and recoveries from the list of confirmed cases.


Gujarat has the second most number of active cases (2,656), followed by Madhya Pradesh (1.787). At 1,702 active cases, Delhi has the fourth-highest number of active cases, followed by Rajasthan (1,557). The top five states together account for 69 percent of the active cases nationally, and the top ten states account for 91 percent of all cases.


Nationally, the active case count was 20,177 as of yesterday evening. These are early days yet and the state-wise distribution could change in the coming days. Testing across states has been uneven and as testing gets ramped up, more cases could come to light in states where reported cases have been low so far.



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