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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
TopicCovid-19 testing

Topic: Covid-19 testing

Delhi testing rate drops 5 days after CM Kejriwal promises to double it, positivity climbs

Delhi, which was testing around 20,000 samples a day, saw its daily tally drop to around 14,000 tests on 31 August. The positivity rate increased to 9.4% from 8.5% last week.

India and China are seeing rising coronavirus re-infections. But scientists aren’t surprised

People are worried about what the new cases of coronavirus re-infection could mean for our chances of resolving the pandemic.

Limited machines & staff could scuttle Delhi govt’s promise to double testing in a week

Doubling testing capacity could be easy given that Delhi has been largely conducting antigen tests, but labs say a crunch in resources will make this possible only to an extent.  

Bengal Covid tests much lower than India’s average, even Bihar, Assam & Odisha testing more

At 19,073 tests per million population, Bengal is lowest among its neighbours. Govt says testing has doubled this month, but experts cite lack of robust infrastructure.

India testing 23.7 people per lakh population, much higher than WHO guidelines, says ICMR

In an editorial in its internal newsletter, ICMR praises itself, saying it has set an example in front of the world by putting up a valiant face of India.

Maharashtra, TN & Karnataka record most Covid deaths as India has 4th highest global toll

Delhi is ranked 4th in number of deaths reported but, with with 229 deaths per million, has the worst death rate in India. 

Targeted tests or wider Covid spread — Why Maharashtra positivity rate has climbed since June

Maharashtra's positivity rate increased to 19.91% from 15% in June. Experts say this shows Covid has spread faster after lockdown was lifted. However, recovery rate is at 71%.

Rate at which contacts of Covid patient in UP cluster got infected as high as 45%, finds study

The study conducted by Indian Journal of Medical Research found the virus transmission occurred at 3 levels, with the funeral of the patient emerging as a super-spreader.

Pune’s first sero survey shows over 51% infected by Covid in 5 high-incidence areas

Pune has steadily turned into one of India’s Covid hotspots, having overtaken Mumbai in the total number of positive cases.

How Pakistan managed to flatten its Covid curve despite a low testing rate

Earlier this month, Pakistan announced that it would allow restaurants and theatres to open up in the wake of the decreasing number of Covid cases.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

While foreign investors are pulling money out of India, domestic investor enthusiasm steadies the ship

After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.