A few observations from 3rd September 2020 (National Data) on coronavirus pandemic:-1. COVID19 new case count increased by 84,156 to the total of 39,33,124 on 3rd September 2020 with 7-days growth rate of 2.17% and the doubling period falling to 32.3 days. The daily count for the day was the highest. The moving averages indicate a clear upward trend in the daily count. From the data, it seems that India hasn’t yet reached the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.
2. The 7-days growth rate of the active cases was 1.65% with a doubling period of 42.3 days with the active case count of 8,29,668 on 3rd September 2020. Active cases are continuously increasing everyday. The pressure on the healthcare infrastructure in India is increasing.
3. The overall positivity rate was 8.43% against the daily positivity rate of 7.19% on 3rd September 2020. Daily positivity rate hovers around 8%. This needs to fall for a trend reversal. Total tests done were 11,69,765 with a cumulative total of 4,66,79,145.
4. The overall recovery rate increased to 77.16% against the world average of 70.50% on 3rd September 2020. The daily recovery rate was 80.20%. The daily recovery rate is almost remaining higher than the overall recovery rate.
5. Case fatality rate has fallen to 1.74% as on 3rd September 2020 against the world’s average of 3.30%. It has been consistently falling early April in India.
Rajeev Upadhyay
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