COVID-19
More Than Half Of Districts With High Covid-19 Positivity Are Himalayan
IndiaSpend Team
July 3, 2021
India’s Himalayan region is reporting high levels of Covid-19 positivity
Even as the second wave recedes in many parts of India, our analysis of MoFHW data has found
Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya: worst affected
Of India’s 83 districts with a Covid-19 test positivity ratio higher than 10% by the week ending June 30, 54% are Himalayan districts
Find out why 🔗
“There can be two reasons behind these high positivity rates. The pandemic reached later in the Himalayan regions or the testing is low and only the very sick are getting tested”
says T. Sundararaman, former dean of the School of Health System Studies at TISS
As of June 29, vaccinations in Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland trail the rest of the country, while the other Himalayan states are ahead of the countrywide averages
📸 Gulal Salil