In Focus

COVID-19 positivity rate: Where do Indian states stand?

August 28, 2020

Maharashtra, with a fifth of India’s caseload, has a 14-day mean positivity rate of nearly 18 percent. Only seven Indian states have recorded a mean positivity...

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169 days to a million

July 24, 2020

On July 16, India reported its millionth case of COVID-19. It took 169 days for the second-most populous country in the world to reach this undesired milestone...

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32 and counting

June 18, 2020

In India, 32 doctors have lost their lives so far in the battle against COVID-19. Most of them were catering to the needs of patients during the pandemic. The...

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When the Indian skies opened up after 61 days

June 18, 2020

Domestic commercial flights are allowed to resume in India, albeit in a staggered manner. What do the domestic air traffic numbers say? The second-most...

First Check

Trends in Covid-19 misinformation in India

June 12, 2020

Amid an unprecedented global health crisis, health journalists faced a double whammy – one to report effectively on the pandemic and the other to fight the...

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Why getting COVID bed in Delhi is nightmare

June 9, 2020

Hospitals in India’s national capital, Delhi, are running out of beds, and a surge in COVID-19 positive patients is complicating the problem even further...

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Tracking COVID-19: 5 graphs that explain the outbreak in India

June 5, 2020

In India, the growth of coronavirus infections is outpacing the surge in testing – tests have doubled since April, but cases have leaped fourfold. Here are...

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Mapping COVID-19 hotspots in India

May 1, 2020

Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare classifies 170 out of 720 districts as coronavirus hotspots. Stepping up the fight against COVID-19, India’s...

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Delhi’s COVID-19 battle: Tackling India’s highest infection rate

May 1, 2020

The national capital, which confronted the novel coronavirus 30 days after the first case was reported in India, currently accounts for the highest infection...

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Decoding the shortage of doctors in India

April 24, 2020

Only eleven among India’s 28 states meet the WHO recommendation of 1:1000 doctor to population ratio, while none in the public healthcare sector manage to make...