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Reiterating that India continues to be in the local transmission phase despite the country registering a spike from 100 to 1,000 cases in 12 days, the Union Health Ministry on 30th March 2020, said India’s precautionary and early lockdown is proving to be a step in the right direction.
Highlights
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Rising numbers
India is among the 41 countries which crossed the 1,000 COVID-19 cases mark as of Sunday.
But among these countries, the rise in cases in India has been relatively slower
Relatively not rapid, yet
• The more number of days
it takes to register a certain
number of cases, the better
it is for the country. In India,
100 cases were recorded
on March 14. It took 14 days
from then for the cases to
cross the 1,000 mark
• Of the 41 nations where
at least 1,000 cases were
reported, only in three was
the mark reached in more
days: Japan (29 days),
Iceland (17) and Greece (15)
• Only Finland and
Philippines registered the
1,000 mark in 14 days, the
same as India
However, it is important to
note that India's COVID-19
test rate (tests per million
people) has been among
the lowest in the world
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BPL card holders waiting in a queue to collect essentials from a
PDS shop in Delhi's Vishwas Nagar on Monday.. SANDEEP SAXENA
As many as
176 countries
have registered
at least one
COVID-19 case
Among
these, 103
countries
registered at
least 100 cases
Of them, 41
countries
registered at least
1,000 cases. India is
among them](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.legacyias.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RN-1.png)
- The growth graph of COVID-19 cases shows that India had taken 12 days to go from 100 to 1,000 cases.
- This graph in developed countries with less population and better facilities had risen anywhere between 3,000 to 8,000 cases starting from the same line and in the 12-day initial period.
- India is seeing this result of having lower cases compared to other countries because of early measures of isolation and lockdown.
- However, India is seeing “a small percentage of asymptomatic individuals”.
- No orders had been passed to “conduct large scale disinfection of people but protocol has been put in place for sanitising large public spaces, etc.”
- The government will be the first to announce that the infection has entered the next phase (Community transmission) because we would need a heightened level of preparation and cooperation from the general public. Technically we continue to be in the local transmission phase.”
Increase in number of COVID 19 cases across different states of India
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COVID-19: Varying trajectories across States
On Monday, the number of COVID-19 cases crossed the 1,200 mark in India. Kerala recorded the most cases, followed closely
by Maharashtra, which recorded the most COVID-19 deaths. Apart from these two States, the case progression in Tamil Nadu
and Gujarat were notably rapid. Kerala's rate of testing was the highest and Jharkhand's the lowest. By The Hindu Data Team
1. Case progression I The chart shows the day-wise progression of
COVID-19 cases since the 10th case in each State. Of 37 States/U.T.s,
17 have registered at least 10 cases
2. Death count I The chart shows the day-wise
progression of COVID-19 deaths since the first
death in each State
only 73 States/U.T.s MAHARASHTRA
recorded ot least
one death
GUJARAT
KARNATAKA
• ADHYA PRADESH
NO. OF DAYS SINCE THE FIRST DEATH
MAHARASHTRA
Relatively rapid
progression
3. Testing time
The chart
plots the
tests
done per
million
population
against the
% Of positive
cases among
those
tested for
each State
Fewer tests,
lower cases
GUJARAT
KERALA
KARNATAKA
• DELHI
Middling
HARYANA
PUNJAB Relatively slower
progress.on
NO. OF DAYS SINCE THE 10TH CASE _+
Fewer tests, higher cases
HARYANA
IRK
More tests,
higher cases
DELH
4. Testing
rates
The table
compares
the tests
per million
population in
select States
Over a week.
While Kerala's
testing rate
grew from
113.8 to 188.7
per million
people,
others lagged
behind
Kerala
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Gu•arat
Chhatti arh
M.P.
Bihar
W.B.
MAR. 21/22
113.8
20.8
13.7
5.7
2.9
5.8
5.6
3.1
0.7
1.2
1.3
MAR.
188.7
47.4
29.3
22.8
17.7
16.8
11.6
11.5
7.2
5.5
4.6
MAHARASHTRA
GUJARAT
BIHAR
DISHA—•
GOA •
KERALA
KARNATAKA
RAJASTHAN
TESTS PER MILLION POPULATION](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.legacyias.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RN2.png)
Stages of spread of Coronavirus
There are Four states of the spread of the disease:
- Stage 1 is getting imported cases
- Stage 2 is local transmission
- Stage 3 is community transmission
- Stage 4 is when it turns into an epidemic.
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01
02
03
04
Imported
Cases
Local Transmission
Community Transmission
Epidemic
INDIA
ITALY
CHINA](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.legacyias.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RN3.jpg)