High 'R' value, Kerala worry: Why India's second Covid wave is 'far from over'

The health ministry on Tuesday said India's reproductive number is more than one in eight states, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Reproduction number denotes the spread of Covid-19. It is a measure that highlights the number of people a coronavirus positive person infects, thereby reflecting the severity of its spread.

High 'R' value, Kerala worry: Why India's second Covid wave is 'far from over'
The health ministry on Tuesday said India's reproductive number is more than one in eight states, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Reproduction number denotes the spread of Covid-19. It is a measure that highlights the number of people a coronavirus positive person infects, thereby reflecting the severity of its spread.