Thoughts In A Wandering Mind

                  The covid-19 cases in the country have once again started to rise slightly. The average of the cases for the last 7 days rose to 38 thousand from 33 thousand last week. The active cases in the country also rose from 3.53 lakh to 3.68 lakh. The daily cases are rising and the active cases are rising after a drop for past many weeks. Does this rise signify anything and requires caution? It doesn’t mean much to the country except a state which is evolving to be the single big containment zone. The main contributor is the state of Kerala which accounts for nearly 70% of the daily cases in the country for the past few days and has more than 2 lakh active cases. It is intriguing to see why a single state is causing daily infections more than 30 thousand for the past three days accounting for more than 70% of the total. More than 55% of the active cases lie with the state.     ...

              The covid-19 in the country is receding slowly and steadily. The average of the cases for the last week is 33 thousand which is four thousand less than the previous week. The active cases in the country stand at 3.53 lakh which saw a drop of over 30 thousand over the last week. Barring few states which are contributing a major portion to the daily infections, the covid-19 situation is progressively under control. This is also giving an opportunity for the states to ease the lockdown measures imposed all over the country. Most of the lockdown measures across the states in the country are relaxed and we are slowly inching back to unrestricted nation. Most of the businesses are back and all the work on the ground is going on uninhibited. The adults are engaged in meaningful routines but the kids are the mostly disturbed groups.            There are tremendous gaps in lea...

                  The covid-19 in country is stable in the curve with not much deviation. The 7-day average number of cases stands at 37 thousand which is few thousand less than previous week. The active cases also see a drop from 4.12 lakh to 3.85 lakh over the last week. This reveals we are in much better state which is improving steadily. But a major concern is that Kerala is accounting for nearly 50% of the total cases since past few weeks and has 1.8 lakh active cases which is 45% of active case load in the country. The numbers across India without Kerala stands at 20 thousand daily cases and 2 lakh active cases. With just 2.76% of India’s population, Kerala is contributing 50% of nation’s daily and active cases. This disproportion is striking and has to be corrected very soon. It can be corrected in two ways – 1. By increasing vaccination coverage and administering at least first dose to all eligible p...

               Let me try to put the spotlight back on covid-19 after a gap of last two week. The covid-19 hasn’t gone down yet in the country. The average of the cases for the last week is around 40 thousand which is hovering at that number for the last 4 weeks. The country is registering 40 thousand cases on an average for the last one month. This can go either way – increase drastically or decrease. The focus should be on decreasing the count and prevent any fast spreading mutations taking over, reign-in panic. The guard should not be let down as even experts are predicting next few months as critical for the emergence of third wave. It is to note that majority of these cases are coming from two states – Kerala and Maharashtra. Kerala alone is accounting for nearly 50% of cases in the country.   The caseload in the country is negligible minus these two states. The active cases stand at 4.12 lakhs which is seeing a ...