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covid-19 pandemic

has india wOn?

a sharp drop in the number of infections. a massive drop in the number of deaths.

more and more people are getting vaccinated.

what explains india’s success in controlling the pandemic?

Our Bureau
New Delhi

hen the Covid-19 vi-
rus reached India last
Wyear, there was wide-
spread panic. People expected
the worst as some of the top
experts made predictions about
hundreds of millions getting in-
fected and – according to some
– millions dying.
India was heading for a
nightmare exactly a year ago.
In the beginning of 2021,
the reality is a bit different. All
States and Union Territories
have reported a significant de-
cline in active cases in January,
with country’s total active case-
load currently at 1,36,549 on
Wednesday. The active case-
load now consists of just 1.25
per cent of the country’s total
positive cases. Maharashtra
has shown a substantial decline A group of women police officers raise the victory sign after getting the Covid-19 vaccine
in active cases from 53,163 on in Ranchi, Jharkhand (ANI)
January 17, to 38,307 on Feb-
ruary 17, reads an official re- patients have discharged in the bodies, some experts believe the 10,000 a day. And India’s offi-
lease. Eighteen States/UTs last 24 hours. Rising recoveries worst of the disease has passed, cial number of total infections,
including Uttar Pradesh, Ra- combined with fewer new cases despite a recent uptick in two which was projected to surpass
jasthan, Andhra Pradesh, J&K have ensured a decline in active hard-hit states. “There is a hu- that of the United States in late
(UT), Jharkhand, Puducherry, caseload. However, 11,610 new man barricade for the virus,” 2020, now stands at 11 million,
Himachal Pradesh, Lakshad- daily cases were recorded on said Bhramar Mukherjee, an well behind the U.S. tally of
weep, Manipur, Ladakh (UT), Wednesday. epidemiologist at the University about 28 million. Total deaths
Assam, A&N Islands, Sikkim, As of February 17, the cu- of Michigan, who with a team of so far in India are just under
Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, mulative vaccination coverage researchers, has been modeling 156,000, the world’s fourth-high-
Arunachal Pradesh has not re- to healthcare and frontline the trajectory of the outbreak est number of fatalities.
ported COVID-19 deaths in the workers against coronavirus in in India, as reported by Reu- A recent government sero-
last 24 hours, it added. the country has reached nearly ters. “By the end of March, we logical survey indicated 21.5%
Meanwhile, India’s cumula- 90 lakhs. should see a very slow, steady of Indians were likely infected
tive recoveries show a progres- With falling rates of Covid-19 decline (in cases),” she added. by COVID-19, giving them a
sive increment on a daily basis. infection in India and surveys Cases that were rising by degree of immunity, while anti-
It stands at 1,06,44,858. With a suggesting nearly 300 million nearly 100,000 a day in Sep- body tests on more than 700,000
recovery rate of 97.33%, 11,833 people may already have anti- tember are now growing at just Continued on next page... >>

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