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New Delhi: India’s effective reproduction number or R for Covid – an indicator of how fast the infection is spreading – rose once again to 0.98 shortly thereafter. submerged Up to 0.94 at the end of last week.
This increase comes with a sharp increase in price in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the State of Mizoram. All major cities except New Delhi also have R values greater than 1.
From 1.07 last week, J&K’s R increased to 1.23 this week. Mizoram, where R stood at 0.88 last week, rose to 1.14.
Telangana’s R had come down to 0.95 from 1.06 last week. This week it has once again reached 1.07.
Similarly, for West Bengal, R moved from 1.07 last week to 0.96 around November 5. However, this week it has once again reached 1.02.
While all other states have a high number of active cases with R values below 1, some are showing an increasing trend. For example, Maharashtra increased its R value to 0.99 this week from 0.88 last week.
Himachal Pradesh also saw a sharp increase, with R rising from 0.62 last week to 0.97 this week. Tamil Nadu (0.92 to 0.94) and Odisha (0.83 to 0.87) both saw marginal increases.
For Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka, R stood at 0.84, 0.93 and 0.95, respectively, same as last week.
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The R for Chennai rose to 1.05 this week from 0.91 last week, while it increased to 1.02 for Kolkata from 0.96. Mumbai’s R increased from 1 to 1.02.
Pune saw its R move from 1.11 to 1.09 this week, while Delhi’s R dropped from 1 to 0.9.
R for Bengaluru remains 1.04 since last week.
(Edited by Paramita Ghosh)
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