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Key Data About Coronavirus in India

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We are confused by plethora of data about the progress of Coronavirus disease. In the face of this it is imperative to see how to measure the progress of Covid-19 disease. Let us see each of these numbers and how to interpret them to see if we are going downhill or is there some positive change in the control of this pandemic. Active Cases: This is the number used to see how many people today are still being treated in the country. Since a patient after being treated is not expected to be able to infect others so this is the most basic number to gauge the spread of disease. e.g. On May 19th 2020, the total cases was 102,231. Unfortunately deaths for India were 3,169. Recovered patients stood at 39,658. This means closed cases were 42,827. So total active cases were 59,404. So active cases were less than 60% of total count. Latest numbers can be checked at  active cases . The net infections per day is the increase in active cases per day. The net infections per day have always stay