Covid Updates

It is  about 20 months back, when Covid pandemic seriously affected the people all over the country. In this period we have seen two waves of this pandemic when cases all over were at its peak. The vaccination for the Corona virus was started in January 2019 with  the vaccination for frontline people, and afterwards it was given to general public based on age groups. Experts were expecting third wave in September- October 2021, but till date there is no sign of third wave and  it gave big relief to people. Presently there are still active cases in various states across the country, but at the lesser scale, which is indicating that if people take proper precautionary measures and get fully vaccinated then in near future the time will come when we can safely say that we have conquer this disease. Presently the status of state wise Covid cases are as follows:

 

Andaman & Nicobar– Confirmed cases (CC) 7,660, Cured/discharged (CD) 7,520, Deaths (D) 129.

Andhra Pradesh– CC 20,67,921,  CD 20,49,961, D-14,392

Arunachal Pradesh—CC 55,180, CD 54,840, D 280

Assam—CC 6,12,134, CD 6,02, 729, D 6026

Bihar—CC 7,26,129, CD 7,16, 424, D 9661

Chandigarh—CC 65,360, CD 64,511, D 820

Chhatisgarh—CC 10,06,159, CD 9,92,316, D 13,584

Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu—CC 10682, CD 10,678,

Delhi—CC 14,40,071, CD 14,14,629, D 25,091

Goa—  CC 1,78,281, CD 1,74,601, D 3367

Gujarat—CC 8,26,716, CD 8,16,399, D 10,090

Haryana—CC 7,71,308, CD 7,61,146, D 10,050

Himachal Pradesh—CC 2,24,830, CD 2,19,681, D 3774

Jammu & Kashmir—CC 3,32,911, CD 3,27,380, D 4440

Jharkhand—CC 3,48,864, CD 3,43,586, D 5138

Karnataka—CC 29,89,713, CD 29,43,487, D 38,107

Kerala—CC 50,08,381, CD49,01,369, D 33,515

Ladakh—CC 21,006, CD 20,706, D 209

Lakshadweep—CC 10,365, CD 10,314, 51

Maharashtra CC 66,16,762, CD 64,80,045, D 1,40,372

Manipur—CC 1,24,992, CD 1,21,415, D 1931

Meghalaya—CC 83,827, CD 81,993, D 1457

Mizoram—CC 1,24,992, CD 1,18,565, D 446

Madhya Pradesh—CC 7,92,901, CD 7,82,270, D 10,524

Nagaland—CC 31,922, CD 31,045, D 689

Odisha—CC 10,43,151, CD 10,43,151, D 8354

Puducherry—CC 1,28,165, CD 1,25,999, D 1862

Punjab—CC 6,02,517, CD 5,85,736, D 16,562

Rajasthan—CC 9,54,451, CD 9,45,453 D 8954

Sikkim—CC 32,039. CD 31,487, D 399

Tamilnadu—CC 27,08,230, CD 26,61,428, D 36,214

Telengana—CC 6,72,367, CD 6,64,588, D 3964

Tripura—CC 84,570, CD 83,625, D 816

Uttar Pradesh– CC 17,10,193, CD 16,87,207, D  22,903

Uttarakhand—CC 3,43,939, CD 3,36,392, D 7401

West Bengal—CC 15,97,765, CD 15,70,521, D 19215

From the above stats, you will observe that Maharashtra , Kerala and Karnataka are the worst affected states. The death rate in relation  to confirmed cases in Maharashtra was 2.12%, Kerala was 0.7% and Karnataka was 1.2%. Now if you consider the percentage of number of confirmed cases as per the population of the state, in that case  Maharashtra with the population of 1142 lakhs works out to be about 6.8%; Kerala with population of 346 lakhs works out to be about 14.5% and for Karnataka with the population of 641 lakhs works out to be about4.7%. So in death rate Maharashtra is leading and in infected population rate Kerala is leading.

Hope this information will add to your knowledge about Covid cases in India

 

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Anil Malik

Mumbai, India

8^th November 2021.