Pune: Maharashtra may have the number of second highest active Covid-19 cases in this country after Karnataka, but in terms of the case per million populations, it actually crosses several key countries, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Haryana, analysis by the Ministry of Health has shown.
Analysis, said experts, proved that the state had a Covid-19 burden that was much lower than others.
COVID cases active Maharashtra per million numbers stand at 2,087: Karnataka has 4,381; Tamil Nadu 2,365; Kerala 5.062; Delhi 4.484; And Haryana has 2,342.
Experts say counting the number of cases per million populations is a scientific way to compare the negative loads of any disease – because different circumstances have different population sizes.
“Maharashtra is the second most dense after Uttar Pradesh.
The number of absolute cases cannot convey a real picture of the burden of the disease.
That’s why we use the method per million populations.
Because Maharashtra population is almost 13 crores and when Covid cases are calculated per million populations, the actual disease burden The state is much lower, “said a state health official.
Recently, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, the Ministry of Health Union, said that 19 states have more than 10,000 active cases.
He said Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Gujarat emerged as an interest in an increase in cases.
But the Secretary of the Head of the State (Health) of Dr.
Pradeep Vyas said, “The burden of actual Maharashtra disease is much lower, if the number of cases is calculated per million populations.” Dr.
Vineeta Bal, Imunologist, and the Faculty at Iiser, Pune, said that the Covid cases per million populations for the district too (and not only the state) can help policy makers make important decisions.
He said, “Not that absolute numbers are insignificant; they help measure the scale of infection nationally.
But population figures per million are more helpful at the state and district levels because they provide a real picture as absolute numbers, which can sometimes create panic with magnitude Of course.
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