I see
my WA once in 4 hours and FB – in the morning and in the evenings ! – this morning
– there were panic messages galore that a nearby street in Triplicane has
become a cluster and hundred + were afflicted.
Covid 19 – Corona news, statistics, update is what I want to see and
hear the least literally – would love to hear that the nos. are thinning and
that the Globe has won its fight against the dreaded virus.
This post
is 1) appreciating the state of Uttar Pradesh (coming as it does from the most
unexpected place) 2) one good feature
observed in Corona statistics though today’s nos are quite high !
To mark
the beginning of the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Rudrabhishek —
a ritual to offer prayers to Lord Shiva — was held at Kuber Tila in the Ram
Janmabhoomi premises this morning. The
Rudrabhishek ritual follows the tradition set by Lord Ram, who prayed to Shiva
before launching an attack on Lanka. The prayers were performed by Kamal Nayan
Das and other priests on behalf of Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, who visited the
site recently. The rituals began around 8 am and lasted for two hours. Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath offered prayers at the Gorakhnath Temple as
religious places across the country reopened after two months on Monday. The
Chief Minister had reached Gorakhpur last night, to take stock of the situation
at the local government hospitals.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Tuesday said the spread of COVID-19 is under effective control in
Uttar Pradesh despite it being the most populous state, and emphasised that
prevention is the only cure for the virus until a vaccine is found. Addressing
a review meeting, the chief minister also mentioned his visits to Basti,
Gorakhpur, Azamgarh and Varanasi divisions in the past two days. He said the
coronavirus situation in Uttar Pradesh is in a better position as "good
work" has been done in all areas. "Despite being the most populous
state, the spread of COVID-19 is under effective control. Till a vaccine for
the coronavirus is found, prevention is the only cure," Adityanath was
quoted as having said in a statement issued here. "A small mistake can be
dangerous. The initiative to provide relief to poor and check spread of the
virus has given good results," he said.
How many in Indian media would appreciate Yogiji
and the Uttar Pradesh !
Corona news dampens - Tamil
Nadu on Wednesday recorded the biggest daily spike in coronavirus cases with
1,927 fresh ones, taking its tally to 36,841. The state also recorded 19 deaths
in the last 24 hours. With a steep rise in cases, the total number of infected
persons in the state now reached 36,841. Of the 1,927 cases, Chennai has
reported 1,390. The state capital's total now stands at 25,937.
The growth of novel
Coronavirus cases in Haryana is showing no signs of slowing down. On Wednesday,
the state added 355 new cases to take its total number of confirmed cases to
5,209. In the process, it overtook Andhra Pradesh and is now just outside the
top ten list of states with highest number of cases in India. Nearly 70 per
cent of the confirmed cases in the state are concentrated in just three
districts – Gurugram, Faridabad and Sonepat. Owing to their close proximity to
Delhi, the Haryana government had initially attributed the increase to an
overflow of cases in Delhi which too has been witnessing a steady rise in
infections.
The Delhi government said
that 1,501 COVID-19 cases, 384 recovered/discharged/migrated and 48 deaths were
reported in the National Capital on Wednesday. The total number of positive
cases in the national capital rises to 32,810, including 12,245
recovered/discharged/migrated and 984 deaths: Government of Delhi. What is to be seen
and appreciated that in India the total of 2.80 lakhs shows 135251 as affected and 137856 as recovered !
A graph
shared Sunday on Twitter by senior journalist Fahd Husain indicated a
significant difference in the response of Pakistan and Uttar Pradesh to the
coronavirus and how the former failed to curb the deadly infection despite
having demographics similar to that of the Indian state. The statistics —
compiled from scientific publication "Our World in Data," Pakistan's
population census from 2017, and the World Bank — showed that a strict lockdown
in India's UP state to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus yielded
commendable results. In Pakistan, on the other hand, the death rate shot up
exponentially, as of June 7, as the country had quite a lenient lockdown that
was prematurely eased by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
While
Pakistan and the Indian state have similar populations, 208 million and 225
million, respectively, the density per kilometre is vastly different. Both also
have similar number of people aged 45 or more, at almost 40 million each and
even the literacy rate is not much different — 59% in Pakistan and 68% in
India's UP. Pakistan recorded its significant disease kickoff on March 29,
whereas India registered it April 15. The graph states that the significant
disease kickoff indicates the "day a territorial jurisdiction hits a
cumulative death toll of 10".
As of June
7, the Indian state has managed to keep its daily death toll per 200 million
people below 10 individuals, while Pakistan has unfortunately started nearing
80 deaths a day. Husain, the journalist who shared the graph, emphasised on the
death rate as well. Look at this graph
carefully. It compares death rate of Pakistan and Indian state of UP. Both have
roughly same population profile & literacy. Pakistan has lesser density/km
and higher GDP/capita. UP was strict with lockdown. We were not ! UP is not one of those "rich"
places govt always refers to when justifying opening up lockdown. I would
invite people to explain why so many had to die in Pakistan and so few in UP.
Look closely at the chart, wrote the journalist.
With regards
– S. Sampathkumar
10.6.2020 @ 21.15 hrs.
Source : https://www.geo.tv/latest/291956-worrying-graph-shows-pakistan-failed-to-curb-coronavirus-deaths-compared-to-indias-up-state
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