No signs of Covid curve flattening, steeper rise in number of cases feared

Doubling rate calculation, according to experts, assumes that the growth rate is constant. It measures relative change than the absolute scale of the pandemic

While the doubling rate of Covid-19 cases has improved to 13 days in the country, the curve does not show any sign of flattening as epidemiologists expect a steeper rise in the number of cases in coming days.
 

The daily count of Covid-19 cases has risen sharply in May as compared to April, taking India’s tally past China to over 90,000 cases, with 2,872 deaths. The daily increase, which was in the range of 1,400 to 1,900 in the last week of April, shot up to nearly 5,000 cases in May. The country recorded the highest single-day spike in Covid