COVID: MISSING SOMETHING AMONGST THE NUMBERS?
All About Numbers Ever since COVID broke ground, Nations, states within federal structures, local governing bodies and various organisations collect, collate and publish numbers relating to the pandemic. Covid performance is now about numbers; number infected, hospitalised, recovered, dead etc. These are available in the public domain. Each of these can be used the way one wants to. When performance is about numbers, it can also be contested. Here numbers in the public domain are considered, uncontested. Data Base The daily numbers reported are in absolute terms. However, to even out spikes, a moving seven-day average is considered. It provides better understanding of the trend. Linking confirmed cases to deaths as percentages gives the prevailing covid mortality. Details with respect to three states, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala are given below was collated. ‘Death/Case’ has been calculated from data available. Increase in cases and deaths as percentage growt...