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India’s R value increases above 1 for first time in 3 months, says researcher

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India’s R value increases above 1 for first time in 3 months, says researcher

India’s 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 Chennai’s Institute of Mathematical Sciences. The country’s R value, steadily increasing over the last few weeks, is 1.07 for the week between April 12-18, … Read more

Covid: Infections fall on lower testing, death toll rising

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Covid: Infections fall on lower testing, death toll rising

Given how social distancing norms were flouted during election rallies, one would have expected Bihar to be the corona hotspot by now but cases in the state have come down drastically The reason for India’s lower infections probably lies in the fact that several states, which were either once hotspots of infections or likely to … Read more