New Delhi: ‘India R value, which shows how quickly Covid-19 spreads, recorded at 2.2 between 7 and January 13, a decrease from the previous two weeks, according to the preliminary analysis by IIT Madras.
The value of R Mumbai is 1.3, Delhi 2.5, Chennai 2.4 and Kolkata 1.6, in accordance with the analysis of the IIT Madras mathematics department and the center of excellence for computational mathematics and data science led by Prof.
Nelesh S Sundar and Prof S Sundar.
It was almost 2.9 nationally from December 25 to December 31 while it was 4 between January 1 and 6.
R value marked the number of infected people could spread the disease.
Pandemics are considered to end if this value runs below 1.
Dr.
Jayant Jha, a professor assistant in the Mathematics Department in IIT Madras, said the value of R depends on the probability of transmission, the expected level of contact and interval where the infection can occur.
India added 2.71,202 new Koronavirus infection against Covid’s tally cases which reached 3.71.22.164 on Sunday, including 7,743 cases of omicron variants.
The state saw 1,702 new cases of omicron variants, the highest in a day so far, and increased by 28.17 percent since Saturday.
Experts say it’s impossible to do a genome sequencing of each sample, but emphasizes that this wave is mostly driven by Omicron.