𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 '𝐑' 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫
The 'R', or the Reproduction Rate, measures how infectious the coronavirus is - put simply, it is a measure of how many people are infected by one infected person.
The coronavirus attacks different regions of a country with differing intensity.
Using the 'R' rate, we look at which states in India are winning or losing...
more... the Indo-Coronavirus war.
The 'R', or the Reproduction Rate, measures how infectious the coronavirus is - put simply, it is a measure of how many people are infected by one infected person. If 'R' is 2.0, it indicates that one person who is infected with COVID-19 will on average infect another two people. Those two persons will each go on to infect another two persons - and so the infection spreads exponentially in society resulting in a pandemic.
It is crucially important to ensure 'R' falls below 1.0 (that is, one infected person spreads the virus to fewer than one other person). Only when the R falls below 1.0 will the pandemic slowly fade away.
The all-India average 'R" indicates that contrary to the widely-held view that the virus is out of control in India, the situation is indeed improving. However, there is no room for complacency - the war is still on against the Coronavirus. Beware of new spikes!
SourceIn our focus on 20 large states, three broad categories emerge.