Jamie Mullick works as a chief content producer at Hindustan Times. He uses data and graphics to tell his stories.
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Covid hospitalisations drop in Mumbai, Delhi’s plateau
The two cities that were earliest urban hot spots of the Omicron wave, but in recent days, they have seen their case trajectories start to dip.
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 05:46 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi/mumbai
Numbers Matter | Covid: What the fall in hospitalisations in Mumbai, Delhi means
- While the drop in cases may be because of low testing levels, or people using home test kits, a drop in hospitalisation is a crucial metric that reflects the on-the-ground situation
Published on Jan 19, 2022 03:17 PM IST
West Bengal’s daily Covid-19 cases cross second wave peak as surge continues
With 23,467 new cases reported across West Bengal on Thursday, the seven-day average of daily infections in the state has now touched 21,044
Updated on Jan 14, 2022 07:05 AM IST
Numbers Matter | What early signs of Covid peak in Mumbai, Delhi mean for India
- Milder infections, coupled with fewer hospitalisations also means that a minuscule case of infections will end up being severe
Updated on Jan 12, 2022 01:46 PM IST
Is the third wave finally starting to ebb in Mumbai and Delhi?
The earliest urban hot spots of India’s third wave of Covid-19 – Mumbai and Delhi, which were among the first regions in the country to reflect a rising trend in infections – appear to be exhibiting early signs that their infections curves may be flattening, data shows
Published on Jan 12, 2022 12:07 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India tally crosses 116k riding on Omicron surge
Thursday’s case count of 116,838 means that daily cases have now grown more than 10-fold in just 10 days (there were just 9,155 new infections on December 28) – a speed of rise in infections previously unseen in the two years of the pandemic in the country.
Updated on Jan 07, 2022 08:13 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul and Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Delhi: 82 times jump in Covid-19 cases, 3 times rise in hospitalisation
As per the January 3 health bulletin released by the Delhi government, out of the 9,029 hospital beds available in the city for Covid-19 patients, only 420 were occupied.
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 06:44 AM IST
Jamie Mullick and Soumya Pillai, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘Symptomatic positivity’ of Covid-19 just 2% in Mumbai
Of the 38,983 positive cases detected in Mumbai since December 31, only 4,934 patients are symptomatic, according to the daily Covid bulletin released by the BMC
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 06:13 AM IST
Jamie Mullick and Dhaval Kulkarni, Hindustan Times, Mumbai
Numbers matter | As Covid cases surge, hospitalisations and deaths don’t
- Preventing hospitalisations prevents deaths – the eventual target of the pandemic for any country
Published on Jan 04, 2022 04:29 PM IST
Covid spreading faster than it was in second national wave: Data
In the week ended January 2, there were 18,290 new infections of Covid-19 reported everyday on average across India, the highest the seven-day average has touched since October 12, the dashboard showed.
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 07:18 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
The year ahead: The numbers game of boosting the Covid-19 battle
In India, and across the world, the year ended with the governments revising their vaccination strategy to tackle the new threat.
Published on Jan 01, 2022 04:57 PM IST
The numbers game of boosting the Covid-19 battle
A new, and heavily mutated and transmissible variant, Omicron, has sent scientists and governments huddling to rework their vaccination strategies.
Updated on Jan 01, 2022 04:46 AM IST
In 2021, a countrywide vaccination drive of immense value
December 31, 2021 marks exactly two years since the day that China confirmed that it was trying to ascertain the cause of an “unidentified pneumonia outbreak” in Wuhan
Published on Dec 31, 2021 07:19 PM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
How Covid cases are spreading in India’s cities again
Nearly eight months have passed since India’s brutal second wave of infections peaked in the country
Published on Dec 30, 2021 11:56 PM IST
Chennai saw massive rise in overall deaths during second wave, shows new study
The city saw a 41% increase in overall mortality compared to pre-pandemic levels, with a higher death toll observed in poorer parts of the city during the second wave, shows a study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases
Updated on Dec 24, 2021 03:06 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Numbers matter | What London and Denmark can teach us about Omicron
- Here is a look at two case studies from regions in Europe that were the first in the continent to report large-scale Omicron outbreaks
Published on Dec 21, 2021 04:58 PM IST
Understanding the global Omicron threat
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that preliminary evidence appears to indicate that vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2, which also carries a “higher risk of re-infection”
Published on Dec 17, 2021 12:22 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Understanding the global Omicron threat
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that preliminary evidence appears to indicate that vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2, which also carries a “higher risk of re-infection”
Updated on Dec 17, 2021 06:46 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India’s active cases drop below 100,000 for the first time in 18 months
With 99,023 active infections across India as of Wednesday morning, the case burden on the country is at the lowest since June 2, 2020 – a time when the first wave of the pandemic was just beginning.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:39 AM IST
Numbers Matter | The pandemic hits Europe and US — again. India should watch out
For the first time since the end of September, the seven-day average of daily infections across the world again soared above the half-million mark
Updated on Nov 24, 2021 02:28 PM IST
Rising cases in US, Europe fuel another global surge
After three months of near-consistent decline following the brutal Delta wave in the West, new cases of Covid-19 have again started rising the world over in the past month or so
Updated on Nov 19, 2021 06:49 PM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
For 1st time, number of fully jabbed surpasses partially vaccinated
The development comes on the back of several weeks of the administration of second doses outstripping that of first doses, a trend that became very clear through October and November as the vaccine coverage reached 80% of the eligible population (at least one dose), a level at which experts expect it to hit a ceiling.
Updated on Nov 17, 2021 12:28 PM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Delhi sees 2 deaths as Covid cases rise
- There have only been four deaths in the past 30 days, and six deaths were reported in the 30 days before that, and 14 in the 30 days prior. In comparison, at the peak of the second wave, 448 deaths were recorded in a single day on May 3.
Published on Nov 13, 2021 07:05 AM IST
Big milestone for vax drive: Billion doses and counting
The billionth shot of the Covid-19 vaccine was administered in India on Thursday morning – exactly nine months and five days after the country’s massive Covid-19 immunisation programme kicked off on January 16
Updated on Oct 22, 2021 01:46 AM IST
Jamie Mullick and Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
One billion done, but daily dose administration sees near-consistent decline
In absolute numbers, the milestone places India as the second country in the world (next to China with 2.2 billion shots administered) in terms of total Covid-19 vaccine doses administered
Updated on Oct 21, 2021 01:17 PM IST
3 in 4 Indians get at least 1 jab as total doses near the billion mark
Till Tuesday night, 990.9 million shots of the vaccine were administered across the country to around 701 million people
Published on Oct 19, 2021 11:22 PM IST
Rhythma Kaul and Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Numbers Matter: As India nears one billion doses, here’s what can go wrong
A look at three major fronts where there is room for improvement: The fledging rate of vaccination, vaccine hesitancy, and most important — timing
Updated on Oct 19, 2021 12:33 PM IST
Covid-19 global update: The good, the bad and the ugly
Despite a recent drop in cases and deaths the world over, the World Health Organization (WHO) stressed on Tuesday that “we’re not out of the woods yet”, even if many people think the battle is nearly over.
Updated on Oct 07, 2021 02:27 AM IST
Another milestone nears: 1 in 4 Indians fully vaccinated
The proportion of people fully vaccinated is set to cross the 25% mark as early as Wednesday.
Updated on Sep 29, 2021 06:18 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Water, leaves, birdsong: To relax, a new study says, listen to sounds of nature
These sounds, even accompanied by urban noise like traffic, can help relieve symptoms of stress, enhance cognitive performance, and even alleviate intense pain, researchers have found.
Updated on Sep 24, 2021 07:10 PM IST