Increasing R-nought causes third wave concern
The rise of corona infection in some parts of the country has raised concerns about the third wave. R nought is also known as R factor. This shows how many people infected with the corona virus are infecting further. While R Nought is increasing in eight states and union territories, it has remained stable in seven.
R0 is the measure of how many infected person spreads the disease
According to Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health, R nought has reached the highest 1.4 in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in the country and it is increasing. It can be understood in such a way that 100 corona infected people in these two states are spreading the infection to 140 other people. The R factor is 1.3 in Lakshadweep, 1.2 each in Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Karnataka and 1.1 in Kerala and Puducherry.
R nought highest in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh 1.4, it continues to increase
Having more than one R0 simply means that one infected person is spreading the infection to more than one person in these states. Which can take the form of a third wave. While in Nagaland, Haryana, Meghalaya, Goa, Jharkhand, Delhi and Bengal, R nought is stable at one. That is, the number of new patients here is neither increasing nor decreasing. Only Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are showing a decrease in R nought value.
The second wave in the country is still not over completely
Luv Aggarwal said that the global pandemic is still far from over. As far as India is concerned, the second wave of Corona is still not over. The daily new cases of Covid-19 from all over the world are still very high, where more than 47 thousand cases of infection are being reported every day. The central government said that in 44 districts of 12 states and union territories, the weekly infection rate of corona virus in the week ending August 2 is more than 10 percent.
