Amid rising concerns about an imminent third wave of Covid-19 in India, the government stoked worries on Tuesday when it said that the second wave of the pandemic was far from 𝄹being over.
As per reports, the R Value - or reproductive value - of Covid-19 is more than one in eigh♏t states. These include Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The R-Value is denotes the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The number is a measure that highlights the number of people a coronavirus positive person infects, thereby reflecting the severity of its spread. A numbe༒r of one or below one indicates a slowly spreading virus while a🧔ny number above 1 indicates a rapid spread.
An official said the pandemic is for from over, and the second wave, as far as India is concerned, is still not over. The daily new C🐠OVID-19 cases being reported across the world are still high as more than 4.7 lakh infections are being recorded everyday, the official added.
The government said 44 districts across 12 states 💛and Union Territories reported more than 10 per cent weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in the week ending August 2.
It said that 18 districts from six states, including Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur and Arunachal Prade💝sh, reported an increasing trend in daily new Covid cases in tꦛhe last four weeks.
It added that in the last week, 49.85 per cent of t♊he total 🍒coronavirus cases were reported from Kerala.
The government also said that the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in July is more than douꩵble of that in May.
(With inputs from PTI)
