Rajeev Upadhyay: India Fight Against Coronavirus: Observation from 30th May 2020 Data

A few observations from 30th May 2020 (National Data) on coronavirus pandemic:-

1. Covid19 new case count increased by 8,332 on 30th May 2020. This is the highest daily increase. The 7 days and 14 days averages increased to 7,201 and 6,513 new case counts. The 7 days and 14 days averages of new cases are increasing everyday. Daily case counts are expected to hit 10,000 mark within 7 days considering the increasing number of districts infected by the coronavirus.

2. Daily growth rate of the active cases and the 7 days growth rates were 4.5% and 3% respectively on 30th May 2020.

3. The doubling period of active cases has increased to 23.8 days on 30th May 2020. This has brought down the daily growth rate to 2.9%.

4. Doubling period of the confirmed cases was 14 days with a growth rate of 5% on 30th May 2020. The incremental decline growth rate continues increasing in the doubling period. However, the daily growth count was the highest till now.

5. Even after a five times increase in the numbers of tests per million in India in the last one month, the gap between the confirmed and active cases per million is widening everyday at an increasing rate and has almost doubled. This is good as the recovery rate is getting stronger and the proportion of active cases is decreasing. This is good for a nation like India with very limited healthcare services.

6. The confirmed cases per test is increasing for more than 2 weeks in a row. This is not good at all. However, Active cases per test has gone down 2.4% after more than 2 weeks. Unless there is a reversal in the upward trend, the corona curve would not flatten.

7. The ratio of recovery to active and confirmed cases continue to rise. The ratio of recovery to confirm cases (recovery rate) increased to 47.8% on 30th May 2020. Corona patients are recovering in an average of 14-17 days. This is the most satisfactory factor and gives hope that even if the economy is opened, it would not be a difficult situation for the country.

8. Active vs recovered vs death as on 30th May 2020. With everyday passing, the proportion of recovered cases is increasing and the proportion of death and active cases are falling.

9. Death to total confirmed cases has increased to 2.85% on 30th May 2020 due to very high increase in death data; mainly by Delhi. However, the final fatality rate from COVID19 is expected to remain far below the mark of 3%.