Data Story: Gujarat Mortality Rates Are Much Lower In The Second Wave
by Venu Gopal Narayanan - Apr 20, 2021 08:48 AM A health worker collects swab sample for Covid-19 test. (representative image) Snapshot While the epidemic is still raging in Gujarat, mortality rates of the second wave are mercifully lower than that of the first one. This may in fact be an indirect indicator that our vaccines are working. There has been some sustained commentary in the media of late, about a supposedly-abnormal heightening of death rates in Gujarat, during this second wave of the Wuhan virus. This has led to frenzied WhatsApp forwards and some alarm, particularly among those ...
Source: swarajyamag.com