Good news: India's coronavirus growth rate declining, cases doubling every 11 days
The coronavirus growth rate in India is declining consistently. The growth of active coronavirus cases in the country in the last 5 days is 6.6% down from the previous 8 per cent, according to the numbers updated by Johns Hopkins CSSE data update for India.
The coronavirus growth rate in India is declining consistently. The growth of active coronavirus cases in the country in the last 5 days is 6.6% down from the previous 8 per cent, according to the numbers updated by Johns Hopkins CSSE data update for India. The complete lockdown beginning from March 21 and now extended until May 3 seems to have worked as total active cases which doubled every 8 days until a few days back was now doubling every 11 days.
Another data provided by ICMR, Delhi shows 4.4% of people so far tested have been found positive for coronavirus.
The data was shared by professor Shamika Ravi a senior fellow at Brookings Institute and former member of PM's Economic Advisory Council.
According to the average data analysed for states with 150+ confirm coronavirus cases, the growth rate is on the decline in the last few days. However, the coronavirus growth rate in West Bengal, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh showed a marginal rise.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India on Sunday morning (April 19) stood at 15,712. More than 2,000 people have recovered from COVID-19 so far while 507 people have died.