New Delhi: At least eight States are showing high Reproductive Number of covid-19 infection with Himachal Pradesh having the highest value (1.4) followed by Jammu & Kashmir (1.4) and Lakshadweep (1.3), the Centre said on Tuesday warning that the second covid-19 wave is ongoing.
Reproduction Number (Rt) is the average number of new infections generated by one infected individual during the entire infectious period.
R>1 denotes a spreading infection. Rt for India is 1.2. The other states having high reproduction number are Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Karnataka, Puducherry and Kerala. “When the Rt is more than one it denotes the case trajectory of covid-19 cases is increasing and thus needs to be brought under control," said Lav Agarwal, joint