New delhi sources stated that India crossed the 7 lakh mark on tuesday with 22,252 fresh coronavirus cases and 467 deaths in the last 24 hours. A study predicted that india might record 2.87 lakh coronavirus cases per day by february 2021. india will be severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic early next year in the absence of vaccine. Scientists Hazhir Rahmandad, TY Lim and john Sterman of MIT's Sloan school of Management used the SEIR (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, and Recovered) model, a standard mathematical model for infectious diseases used by epidemiologists, for their analysis. They also predicted that the number of worldwide cases would be between 20 crore and 60 crore by March-May 2021 if the vaccine remains elusive.
Furthermore it is reported that US will have 95,000 cases per day and it is followed by south africa (21,000 cases per day) and iran (17,000 cases per day) by the end of february 2021. The Union health Ministry said that national positivity rate stands at 6.73%. The World health Organization has said that in countries that have conducted testing for coronavirus should remain at 5% or lower for at least 14 days.
Moreover the indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that a total of 1,04,73,771 samples have been tested for coronavirus till date. On tuesday, a total of 2,62,679 samples were tested. In andhra pradesh, the number of coronavirus cases increased to 21,197 on Tuesday. Nearly 152 deaths have been reported in the state. In telangana, there are 25,733 coronavirus cases and 360 deaths reported so far. There are 10,646 active COVID-19 cases in the state.
