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 vaccination drive slows down; Centre, states clash on supply
The slowdown comes at a time when the states and the Centre are locked in a war of words over supply of doses.
Updated on Jul 15, 2021 02:05 AM IST
Covid-19 toll goes past 400k mark
While the pandemic has been in the country for a year and four months, data shows that more than 60% of all officially reported deaths have come in just the past four months (from March this year), or during India’s second wave of infections.
Updated on Jul 02, 2021 07:29 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
The growing urban bias of India’s vaccination drive
A person living in urban India is at least 1.8 times more likely to receive a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine than their counterpart living in the rural hinterland
Updated on Jun 16, 2021 04:09 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
1 in 5 fatalities old: Pandemic toll rises as states reconcile numbers
In Bihar, three out of every four deaths in the past month was added to the state’s tally in just one day -- on June 9. In Maharashtra, more than half the number of deaths reported in the last 30 days were old backlog statistics. In Uttarakhand, this proportion was 30%.
Updated on Jun 13, 2021 06:50 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
1 in 5 fatalities old: Covid toll rises as states reconcile numbers
Nearly one out of every five deaths that added to the national death toll in the past 30 days was a fatality that occurred days ago and had gone unreported, according to data analysed by HT
Updated on Jun 13, 2021 02:23 PM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
India logs lowest daily Covid-19 cases in 2 months: Data
The second wave of the pandemic has now seen a steady drop for four consecutive weeks across the country.
Updated on Jun 07, 2021 05:22 AM IST
India logs lowest daily cases in 2 mths: Data
With a little over 100,000 new infections across India on Sunday, daily cases in the country dropped to the lowest level seen in over two months, underlining the country’s turnaround after the brutal second wave of the viral outbreak
Published on Jun 06, 2021 11:58 PM IST
Rhythma Kaul and Jamie Mullick
India's Covid-19 toll: 300,000 and growing
The death toll from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India surpassed the 300,000 mark on Sunday, a grim milestone that comes at what appears to be the peak of the devastating second wave of the pandemic in the country. A look at how the virus took such a toll on the country.
Published on May 24, 2021 04:48 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
India’s Covid-19 hot spots on recovery road: Data
This trend comes as a glimmer of hope even as the Covid-19 toll continue to rise to grim new records. Daily deaths from the disease have remained above the 4,000 mark in the last four days despite a drop in new cases over the past week.
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:50 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Covid-19 case trajectory shows second wave is ebbing
In the past week, there have been 328,947 new infections every day across the country on average; a week ago, this number was 391,819, the highest ever recorded and what appeared to be the peak of the second wave.
Updated on May 17, 2021 06:09 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Covid-19 wave ebbing in 9 regions, shows data
To be sure, despite the relative recovery, several of these states remain among the worst-hit regions as districts there continue to report high volume of cases with respect to their populations.
Updated on May 12, 2021 07:00 AM IST
Jamie MullickAbhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Fall in Covid-19 positivity rate a ray of hope for Delhi
What may be the first signs of recovery (with the positivity rate, and subsequently, cases starting to plateau) for Delhi started to appear around two weeks since the time the city went under a lockdown, data shows.
Updated on May 08, 2021 08:29 AM IST
Polls and Covid-19: 5 regions, 5 big spikes
In all five – Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal – the seven-day average of new cases has increased at a rate more than twice that of the national average in the past week, shows an analysis by HT.
Updated on May 03, 2021 08:31 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
India’s Covid-19 death count crosses 200,000
On Tuesday, India reported 3,286 new fatalities, taking the total number of deaths in the country since the start of the pandemic to 201,187.
Published on Apr 28, 2021 08:01 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
In the second wave, is India’s CFR rising?
People are dying not just because of the fatality of the disease, but also due to the lack of treatment, hospital beds, medicines, oxygen, even ambulances
Updated on Apr 27, 2021 07:42 PM IST
Covid-19: Second national wave still rising
Experts said both positivity rate rising despite increased testing is an alarming trend.
Updated on Apr 24, 2021 07:43 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
World’s worst outbreak
The most worrying factor right now remains how fast daily cases are continuing to grow, and how the trajectory is exhibiting no clear signs of approaching a peak still.
Published on Apr 22, 2021 03:25 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Over 2 million active Covid-19 cases stretch health infrastructure to limits
Country records grim landmark as active cases reach 2,030,725, over 770,000 active cases added in last week.
Updated on Apr 20, 2021 05:37 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PM reviews Covid-19 situation as India logs over 260k cases
Saturday was the sixth day in a row that India recorded the highest single-day spike in infections.
Updated on Apr 18, 2021 06:38 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Number Theory: Are more people dying in India’s second wave?
The Covid-19 death trajectory is nearly identical to the case trajectory in the second wave for new cases occurring till the first week of March.
Updated on Apr 15, 2021 10:12 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Are more people dying in India’s second Covid wave?
As the country’s second Covid-19 wave continues to push daily case numbers up to record levels, daily deaths have also started increasing, though currently they remain below peak levels seen in the first wave
Updated on Apr 15, 2021 07:00 AM IST
As vaccination drive picks up pace, challenges remain
As India crossed the milestone of 100 million doses on Saturday, data indicates that it will take some doing to maintain a pace that could help India turn the tide against the surging second wave of infections.
Published on Apr 11, 2021 02:47 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Covid-19 cases gallop in Capital: Delhi adds 7,437 infections, most since Nov 19
For the week ending on April 8, Delhi has now reported 4,684 new infections every day on average, the highest the seven-day average has touched since December 1.
Published on Apr 09, 2021 01:34 AM IST
Exclude Maharashtra, and India’s second Covid wave is still frightening
Removing Maharashtra from the national tally results in two key, but grim, findings.
Updated on Apr 03, 2021 07:09 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Covid-19 vaccination drive widens, 50 million set for both shots by May 15
Anyone above 45 can get doses from today, experts see it as crucial in order to contain second wave.
Updated on Apr 01, 2021 07:35 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Second surge of Covid-19 infections quicker than first wave
India on Thursday reported 59,074 new Covid-19 infections, the highest in a single day since October 17, or in 159 days, as the country’s second Covid-19 wave continued to push daily case numbers up to levels not seen since the first wave was brought under control last November.
Updated on Mar 26, 2021 04:25 AM IST
Jamie MullickAbhishek Jha, New Delhi
Covid-19 vaccine drive faces uphill battle against fresh wave
The total number of doses administered across the country crossed 50 million on Tuesday night, with 42.7 million people having received at least one dose of the vaccine in the country till Tuesday night.
Updated on Mar 25, 2021 06:45 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
How bad is the current wave of Covid in India?
As India races to vaccinate enough people amid fears of mutant strains of the virus, here’s a quick look at how the second wave of infections is playing out.
Updated on Mar 25, 2021 06:44 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Covid-19 vaccine drive faces uphill battle against fresh wave
New Delhi: While the rate of vaccination has picked up through the month of March, when India’s drive was expanded to include those most vulnerable to Covid-19, the country’s inoculation campaign still faces an uphill battle as it races against the surge of new infections in the second wave, shows data
Published on Mar 25, 2021 12:21 AM IST
Covid curbs changed the way India lives
This data, shared publicly by Google, enables us to understand how a year of lockdown may have permanently altered recurring aspects of our daily lives, such as going to office five days a week, that have been commonplace since as far back as the Industrial Revolution.
Updated on Mar 24, 2021 06:55 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi