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@ShamikaRavi

Mother. Senior Fellow . Former Member PM’s Economic Advisory Council. Professor . Thinking & writing on Growth & Development. PhD Econ NYU

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Joined January 2014

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    Apr 7

    After 6 fantastic years, I’m now moving away from . I had the privilege and honor to lead a very talented group of scholars & research staff at the institution. They’re now part of my family. To celebrate the change, here’s a -courtesy students.💙

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    The real problem is in following states where confirmed positive cases per 100 tests are: 1) High & Growing: MH, GJ 2) Persistently High : DL, MP 3) High & Low Testing: WB, TS

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  3. The real problem is in following states where confirmed positive cases per 100 tests are: 1) High & Growing: MH, GJ 2) Persistently High : DL, MP 3) High & Low Testing: WB, TS

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  4. 5Day Moving average of New Confirmed cases: When containment + contact tracing is poor, new confirmed cases will keep rising. Testing is only 1/3 of the formula.

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  5. Moving to where the action is- : Remember it is combination of {Containment + Contact Tracing + Testing} that will flatten curve. Read next 3 graphs together to make conclusions for states: 1) OD joins club of >150 cases. 2) Good recovery: KL, HR 3) Alarming: MH, GJ

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  6. Total confirmed cases = active + recovered + deaths

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  7. Daily deaths and changes in daily deaths - across hotspots countries, and in India.

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  8. COVID death rate per million people, across countries.

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  9. Total confirmed cases and total COVID deaths in hotspot countries and in India.

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  10. The CGDR = 12.06%

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  11. Confirmed cases growing at 5.9%, so doubling every 12 days.

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  12. As the total Confirmed cases continue to grow, the Active cases are now growing at 5% - so doubling every 14 days.

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  13. We have watched this script unfold across many 'fragile' countries in the last 8 years...and several of these have direct concerns for India. Follow this thread from - a scholar with great clarity.

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    14 hours ago

    No one breaks down COVID data as well as - here she explains how the rate of doubling of cases has constantly improved ( my aside: so why such continued restrictions?). Catch this excerpt & full show on at

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    16 hours ago

    .: “Just like the spread of the virus, we are up against the full force and power of compounding. Mindful policy interventions, when timed well, can cut growing losses and the misfortune of many.”

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    18 hours ago

    In a virtual seminar at yesterday, Prof. Shamika Ravi’s mastery over India’s Covid data was on full display. Video of the seminar will be posted soon. Her comparative lens (as below) makes her analysis even more compelling. Thanks for joining us.

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  17. Too heavy a price my friend, but appreciate the sentiment 🙏

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