Third wave peak likely in next 2 weeks, India s R-value dips: IIT Madras study - IIT Madras says that India s R-value, which indicates the rate of spread of Covid-19 virus has further reduced to 1.57 in the week from January 14-21.
The R-value shows how fast coronavirus is spreading in a particular region, and the number of people who can get infected due to a Covid-infected person
India's R-value, which indicates how rapidly Covid-19 is spreading, dropped to 2.2 between January 7 and 13, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras.
Chennai, Pune, Bengaluru and Kolkata have an R-value (or reproduction number) of over 1, as per the data study by the researchers of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai.