In 11 districts, coronavirus cases doubled faster than Karnataka average

Chethan Kumar | TNN | Updated: May 5, 2020, 09:46 IST

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BENGALURU: Covid-19 cases in more than 50% of the affected districts in Karnataka are doubling at a rate faster than the state average, which on Sunday night stood at 17 days. This is seven days more than the national average.
Analysis of 18 of the 20 affected districts in Karnataka shows Bengaluru Urban takes 16 days for cases to double, while 10 other districts — Ballari, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Gadag, Vijayapura, Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Tumakuru and Davangere — take between two and 16 days.
Uttara Kannada and Udupi have the best rates, taking as many as 37 and 35 days, respectively, for cases to double, while Bidar, Chikkaballapur, Bengaluru Rural, Mysuru and Dharwad take between 20 and 35 days.

Karnataka is doing better than 17 states, while Goa has the best rate at 34 days. Meghalaya, Haryana, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Kerala and Manipur are states and UTs that are better than Karnataka. The states that compare poorly with Karnataka take anywhere between one and 15 days for cases to double. Punjab (2), Chandigarh (4), Bihar
(8), Jharkhand (8), Gujarat (9) and Maharashtra (9) are states that take less than 10 days for cases to double, while the national average is 10 days.
Tests per million
Also, Karnataka is now conducting more than 1,000 tests per million (TPM), joining 8 other states in the country to do so. As on Sunday, the state was conducting 1,141 TPM, better than the national average (939).
Delhi, with 3,475 TPM is performing the best, followed by Andhra Pradesh (2,187). West Bengal with just 230 TPM is the worst, while Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand too are doing below 400 TPM.