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Amitabh Sinha
Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.
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Coronavirus numbers explained: Positivity rate begins to decline, relative stagnation in new casesSubscriber Only
August 19, 2020 12:13 IST
After rising steadily for the last three months, the positivity rate reached a peak of 9.01 per cent on August 9, after which it has begun to decline. It has come to 8.72 per cent now.
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Explained: Pune serosurvey indicates 50% have antibodies, what this meansSubscriber Only
August 18, 2020 12:45 IST
The localities where the sero-survey was carried out in Pune are high-incidence areas, where the number of detected cases are much higher.
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Explained: Can a recovered patient be re-infected with Covid-19?Subscriber Only
August 17, 2020 13:30 IST
A new guidance from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States attempts to answer some of these questions in light of updated knowledge from latest research.
Fri, Aug 21, 2020
Coronavirus numbers explained: Pune has more cases than Mumbai, second to only DelhiSubscriber Only
August 17, 2020 12:42 IST
The recent surge in Pune is however attributed mainly to an increase in testing. Pune is currently conducting the most number of tests in Maharashtra, and almost twice the number in Mumbai.
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Coronavirus Numbers explained: Covid-19 deaths declining in New DelhiSubscriber Only
August 16, 2020 13:30 IST
From a high of about 75 to 80 deaths recorded every day, the number has come down to between 10 and 15.
Sat, Aug 22, 2020
Coronavirus numbers explained: Mizoram only state with less than 1,000 casesSubscriber Only
August 15, 2020 13:38 IST
Compared to their population sizes, several smaller states have been carrying large caseloads. Based on 2011 Census figures, Ladakh, Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and, Daman and Diu have more number of people infected per million population than even Maharashtra.
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: Karnataka shows signs of improvementSubscriber Only
August 14, 2020 12:20 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: More than half of the cases in Karnataka are still concentrated in Bengaluru, while Mysuru, Bellary, Kalaburgi and Dakshin Kannada are the other badly affected districts.
Tue, Oct 26, 2021
India coronavirus numbers, August 13: UP, Bihar, Bengal and Assam biggest contributors to daily numbersSubscriber Only
August 13, 2020 12:17 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal already host more than 1 lakh people who have been infected with the virus, while Bihar is getting there. Assam, too, has been growing at a fast pace.
Fri, Aug 14, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: Despite the high recovery rate, most people still falling sickSubscriber Only
August 12, 2020 12:29 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: By the time the epidemic comes to an end, more than 99 per cent people would have recovered, as the death rate is expected to fall to less than one per cent.
Sat, Aug 15, 2020
Explained: Why the Russian vaccine is a long way from being available in IndiaSubscriber Only
August 12, 2020 04:32 IST
Russia Coronavirus (Covid-19) Vaccine: Apart from Gamaleya Institute’s own facility, the vaccine is supposed to be produced at a plant owned by Sistema, one of Russia’s biggest business groups.
Thu, Aug 20, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: Death rate drops below 2%Subscriber Only
August 11, 2020 12:42 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: As on Monday, 22.68 lakh people in India have been infected, out of which a little more than 45,000 have died.
Fri, Aug 14, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: Maharashtra’s unreported deaths behind today’s spikeSubscriber Only
August 10, 2020 12:31 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: So far, over 44,000 people are reported to have died in India due to the disease, the fifth-highest death toll in the world.
Wed, Aug 12, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: Country has highest number of daily cases in the worldSubscriber Only
August 09, 2020 13:03 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: The United States and Brazil, two countries that have greater number of people infected by the virus till now, have been finding fewer number of new cases every day during this period, while India’s case numbers have been increasing steadily.
Wed, Aug 12, 2020
India Coronavirus Numbers, August 8: Rise in recoveries, growth in active cases dropSubscriber Only
August 08, 2020 12:19 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: While the total number of infections in the country is now more than 20.88 lakh, only about 6.19 lakh of these are currently sick. The rest have recovered, while a small number, about 2 per cent, have died.
Sun, Aug 09, 2020
India Covid-19 numbers explained: Journey from 15 to 20 lakh cases has taken just nine daysSubscriber Only
August 07, 2020 12:20 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: India had crossed the 15-lakh figure mark on July 28. In the nine days after that, more than 4.95 lakh cases have been added.
Sun, Aug 09, 2020
India Covid-19 numbers explained: At 2.07%, India’s death rate lower than global numbersSubscriber Only
August 06, 2020 12:21 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: As on Wednesday, the number of deaths stood at 40,699, giving India a death rate of 2.07 per cent, meaning, on an average, 207 people out of every 10,000 detected with the disease had died.
Sun, Aug 09, 2020
India Covid-19 numbers explained: Even smaller states have significantly large spread of Covid-19Subscriber Only
August 05, 2020 11:30 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: The infections had initially reached these states in the first and second week of May, when the lockdown was relaxed for the first time, and migrant workers returned to their native places.
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
Explained: Why are so many vaccines being developed all at the same time?Subscriber Only
August 04, 2020 13:38 IST
Vaccine development is a complex, time-consuming, resource-intensive process, and the chances of success are extremely low.
Tue, Aug 04, 2020
India Covid-19 numbers explained: Daily growth rate is down once againSubscriber Only
August 04, 2020 12:16 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: What is satisfying is that the growth rate in almost every state, including fast-growing ones like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala, has been dropping off in the last few days.
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: In Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, early signs of stabilisation of active casesSubscriber Only
August 03, 2020 12:32 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: No major state, apart from Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, is showing any signs of reduction in active Covid-19 cases right now.
Tue, Aug 04, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: R-value has fallen below 1 in Delhi, but there is a caveatSubscriber Only
August 02, 2020 13:45 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: It is only in case of Delhi that this trend (of reproduction number R remaining below 1) has held on for some time, and therefore only in case of Delhi can it be used to make some reliable estimates about a future scenario.
Mon, Aug 03, 2020
Hope, fingers crossed: Sharp dip in Delhi cases and spread of infectionSubscriber Only
August 02, 2020 04:30 IST
Almost 90 per cent of over 1.35 lakh who have been infected in Delhi have already recovered, the maximum in the country. Only active patients can transmit the disease to others.
Sun, Aug 02, 2020
India Coronavirus Numbers Explained: Easing of restrictions, increased testing led to phenomenal rise of Covid cases in JulySubscriber Only
August 01, 2020 12:10 IST
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: On an average, more than 35,000 people were added every day in the month of July to the confirmed number of infections in the country.
Mon, Aug 03, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: Scare in Andhra, second day with over 10,000 casesSubscriber Only
July 31, 2020 13:20 IST
India Coronavirus Cases: Andhra Pradesh looks set to overtake Delhi on Friday, and become the state with the third highest caseload in the country.
Fri, Jul 31, 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: 50,000-figure breached; recoveries cross one millionSubscriber Only
July 30, 2020 10:26 IST
India Coronavirus Cases: The number of new cases in the country crossed the 50,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday. On the same day, the number of people who have already recovered from the disease crossed the one million mark.
Fri, Jul 31, 2020Journalism of Courage
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