GOOD NEWS FOR INDIA ON COVID-19
• In the past week, India has reported 27,672 new
infections of the coronavirus disease a day on
average.
• When the Covid-19 wave was at its. peak in the
country in mid-September, this number was
93,617 cases a day.
• This is a 70% drop in cases in three months, and it takes the Covid outbreak in India back to levels that were last seen in mid-July.
• This is the first time numbers are receding in
every major state in the country.
• India’s dropping positivity rate tells us two things
1. The testing strategy currently being enforced is
adequate
2. The rate of spread of the virus in the community is
being brought under control
• World Health Organization: if the positivity rate
remains 5% or below for two weeks, a region can
be said to be keeping its outbreak under control
and is testing adequately.
• But the government, and the people, can’t get
carried away.
• Trends in Europe and the United States must
serve as a strong reminder of how the situation
can quickly go out of control even if the first peak
is contained.
• And each subsequent wave abroad has been
stronger than the one preceding it.
• India has done well but must not let down its
guard.
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