More than 40k cases in week; 252 of UK strain in Haryana

Sushil Manav

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 19

The state witnessed more than 40,000 cases of Covid in the past week even as 252 more cases of the UK variant surfaced. This has been stated in a report from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) received today.

Death rate goes up

• The mortality rate has gone up. In the past one week, 147 people passed away because of Covid. This is more than the number of deaths in February and March
• The ‘R naught’ (R0) value, which indicates how contagious is the disease, has surged to 1.24 from 1.00 to 1.01 during January and February

The infection recorded in the past week are four times the cases recorded in January and February put together and 50 per cent more than the total cases registered in January, February and March.

The mortality rate has also gone up considerably. In the past one week, 147 people passed away because of Covid. This is more than the number of deaths in February and March.

In all, 10,414 cases witnessed from March 29 to April 4; 18748 cases from April 5 to 11; and 40,090 cases last week (from April 12 to 18).

Though the cumulative positivity rate stands at 5.23 per cent, the current daily positivity rate has gone up to 16.66 per cent, the highest ever.

The “R naught” (R0) value, which indicates how contagious is the disease, has surged to 1.24 from 1.00 to 1.01 during January and February.

The number of active cases has reached 42,217.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Anil Vij said, “The state has no plan to clamp lockdown in the state.”

“Of the 42,000-odd active cases, about 30,000 are under home isolation. Doctors will visit them once in two days and provide them with kits containing preventive and curative medicines, and oximeters,” he said, adding there was 270 MT of medical oxygen against the demand for 60 MT.

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