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21 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Geography of India: There are 28 states and 8 "union territories" in the country. The most populous, in descending order, are:
Utter Pradesh: 199.8 Mil.
Maharashtra: 112.4M
Bihar: 104.1M
West Bengal: 91.3M
Madhya Pradesh: 72.6M
Tamil Nadu: 72.1M
Rajasthan: 68.5M
Per 2011 census
This is the covid status in each state/territory. But those smallish case jumps in the very large states mean massive increases in raw numbers.
Test positivity data in each state/territory shows how bad it is getting everywhere in India as testing only covers a fraction of total cases.
The national graphs look like this. So imagine how it is playing out in the various states and territories.
The good news is that Covaxin, developed and produced in India, appears to work against the B.1.617 "double mutation" strain and other strains. AZ/Covishield is likely as effective. The bad news is that only a few people have been vaccinated so far.

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