BHOPAL: Contrary to the perception that the third wave is weakening in MP, Covid numbers show that infections have risen sharply on a week-on-week basis in 85% districts.
Data of the last two weeks of January shows that 44 of 52 districts reported an increase in average daily cases between January 23 and January 30 over the previous week, the highest being 762% in Agar Malwa. To add to the concern, deaths rose by around 30% between the third week and the fourth.
At least 20 districts saw more than 100% jump in average daily cases. It's a sign that the infection is spreading to newer areas and indicates that it's too early to believe that the third wave is on the wane.
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Bhopal: Contrary to the apparent perception that the third wave of Covid-19 is on the wane, numbers show that the cases have infact increased on a week-on-week basis in at least 44 of the 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
The 44 districts have reported an increase in average daily cases in the last week (January 23 to January 30), compared to the daily average cases reported in previous week (January 16 to January 22). The increase is between 750% and 3% respectively.
Only eight districts have shown a decline in the average daily cases reported in the week (January 23 and January 30). Average daily cases reported in a week is sum of total cases reported in a week divided by 7. These districts are Burhanpur, Bhind, Sagar, Gwalior, Anuppur, Alirajpur Ujjain and Morena. Gwalior and Ujjain districts are also among one of the top 10 districts of the state which have maximum active patients.
The maximum increase in average daily cases reported in the previous week has been observed in smaller and far away districts like Agar Malwa (762% increase); while in the week from January 16 to January 22, only 29 cases were reported in Agar Malwa, that average to around four cases per day. This increased exponentially to 250 cases reported in the week from January 23 to January 30, averaging to around 31 cases a day. Thus average increase was from just four cases to whopping 31 new cases per day.
In Seoni district too, a massive increase in the average weekly cases reported per day was witnessed. It increased by 350% this week compared to the previous week. Similarly, 252% increase was seen in Dindori district, 210% increase in Mandla district, and 209% percent increase in Shajapur district.
Overall, at least 20 districts of the state saw more than 100% increase in average daily cases reported between January 23 and January 30 when compared to previous week.
Among the major four towns-Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Bhopal- barring only Gwalior district, average daily cases reported in the week between January 23 and January 30 saw an increase. While this increased by 55% in Jabalpur, it increased by 40% in Bhopal and in Indore there was a minor increase of 3%, as per official figures.
