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OVERVIEW OF COVID-19
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17th Aug 2020
OVERVIEW OF COVID-19
AN INDIA PERSPECTIVE
17th AUGUST, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This document presents a study performed by Protiviti and Times Network as of 17th August 2020, to
estimate the extent to which COVID19 is expected to influence India as a country using aggregated
statistical measures computed based on 3 types of forecasting models:
% Based Models, Time Series model & SEIR Model.
We analyzed India as a whole, top 10 Indian states and 26 cities/hot-spots along with the entire country
for a period of close to 50 days to project the evolution of the COVID19 pandemic using the ‘Number of
daily new cases’ along with the total ‘active’ patients count.
The projected evolution of infected cases initially assumed an inherited effect of countrywide lockdown
applied from 24 March 2020 for 45 days or so.
The projections provided in the study are primarily based on time series modeling and therefore, we
understand that this complex and dynamic nature of the influence of COVID19 shall evolve on a daily basis
and is a continuous work in progress.
The models that are used suggest that the peak ranges from around 780,354 cases on an optimistic
side to around 938,306 on a higher side and expected to happen around early September.
Additionally, based on SEIR model, primarily designed to analyze the time based influence of such
pandemics both in smaller and larger cohorts, on an average run down suggests that the closing date
at an India level may fall somewhere towards the end week of November, 2020.
Some states have already started to peak out and some might come out of it during later part of
August to early September while some highly infected ones may take a month longer.
The lockdown plays a key role on the exit. In case of a longer period of lockdown, we can expect the
curve to be flattened but can expect a later exit date (i.e. a flat curve will stretch the pandemic). For
the lockdown to eradicate the pandemic, a robust lockdown and containment is required for a
substantial period of time.
Also, when a lockdown is lifted we expect the cases to rise if proper measures are not taken. The
mode in which lockdown is lifted will impact the outcome / # of cases.
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The outputs of the modelling are not to be consumed directly for publication by any other
source.
The models presented in the study are based on the fundamental assumptions of time series
modeling well stated in the published academic sources.
The models which are developed using existing standard epidemiological modeling techniques
like SIR and SEIR are with the limitations of limited data, dynamic environmental factors and
external government based interventions.
The proposed SEIR model does not take into account the asymptomatic transmission explicitly,
however, it cannot also be fully discarded in the actual scenario.
Additionally, we have not considered stratified cohorts of population for studying this
transmission based COVID19 pandemic. A later version of the model might include age based
or other stratifying features that may account for differing demographics in India.
We have taken utmost care while collecting, preparing and processing the required infected
count data, however, the overall quality of data will have a material impact on the quality and
reliability of outputs.
Although the modeling period included both the lockdown and pre-lockdown phases in India,
but there is no specific designed parameter available in the proposed model that may help
analyze Government intervention in retarding the growth of this pandemic in India. Therefore,
an effect of an external policy level change might only reflect in our modelling output after a
lag of 3-4 days.
This work is completely a scenario based modeling framework wherein Protiviti along with the
Times Network group have analyzed this pandemic situation and have come up with a robust
statistical way to model it under a number of key assumptions. Therefore, the outputs of the
study are not an indication of the future but rather probable situations for consideration and
further deliberation.
This study does not take into account COVID-19 testing data in India and all the states, timing
of testing, external factors like immunity, BCG vaccination, and international travel history data
for a specific time period, specific cluster density, demographics etc.
This predictive modeling considers the learning of progression rate from other countries like
US, Italy, China, Malaysia, South Korea and incorporate in the models to create scenarios with
certain assumptions.
The study depends on a number of assumptions which may vary at a granular level.
Lastly, the modeling here is regulated assuming that the cases listed on reliable government
sourced websites are an average over time. We completely understand the public health care
system in India and can reasonably assume that the number of cases considered in our study
are on a lower side as many cases are not getting reported and the testing rate of India is
towards the lower side when compared globally.
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The total number of cases confirmed is a function of total tests performed, and seems exaggerated for
countries with smaller infected case count. While this is the case for India, the worrying trend line for
rate of change of cases in India is indicating an upward linear trend , currently at around 21%. Just
like countries battling Covid-19 at least a month prior to India, early indicators depict a movement of
this rate of change up to 30% - 40% range before it will start to drop by around 3rd or 4th week of
April.
Nevertheless, this indicates one thing, as countries improve the rate of testing, and turnaround time
for results from each test, the rate of change increases proportionally, indicating a still persistent
exponential growth rate across the world, and an greater exponent driving the Indian scenario.
UK Italy
1,000
100
South
Korea
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INDIA
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1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000
Number of Individuals tested per Million
(log scale)
South Korea is a success story, but from the graph it is clear that Italy has turned the curve, and
will start recording fewer cases going forward. It is also worth noting that when the number of
tests reach around 10,000 individuals per million, South Korea was able to successfully curb the
spread. This was due to quick action, and effective social distancing, and quarantine policies.
India could take this road if the current containment policies are effective and peak by the time we
reach 10,000 individuals tested per million. Without proper containment policy, or delayed
implementation of the same, will result in a steeper rise, and subsequently steep fall in cases.
1,000,000
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100,000
10^5
10,000
10^4
10^3
1,000
10^2
100
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For each of these model categories, multiple models were built to simulate the situation in progress in
India. These Models are
The model assumes that the The model assumes that past A mathematical prediction
Indian COVID-19 situation events and observations model that divides the
closely approximates one of predict the future situation population into Susceptible
the following countries: accurately. population (S), Exposed
1) Approximation of Italy 1) Hybrid (China & South Population (E), Infected (I) and
(Italy) Korea) Recovered (R) population. It
2) Approximation of US (US) 2) Poly Regression (2nd predicts future values by
Degree) assuming or predicting values for
3) Poly Regression (3rd coefficients for the mathematical
Degree) equations.
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METHODOLOGY
Based on the nuances and the complexity associated with limited pandemic data, we adopted a methodology of
forecasting using aggregated measures computed using 3 types of forecasting models: % Based Models, Time Series
model & SEIR Model.
Percentage Based Model
Apply the growth progression rate of the infected cases for USA and Italy on India data and project the
cases using the same trends over time to get the forecasted figures and no mathematical/statistical
model has been applied
Considering the infected cases as a function of total population and use the percentage of Hubei to
project the trend in India based on early data points available for India
Hybrid Model
Segregate the data on two major segments – before lockdown and after lockdown and 2 distinct
models have been built for two segments considering the trends only and no other external factors
have been taken into account
Within lockdown there are 3 stages- Progression rate, Flattening rate and Decay Rate : 3 different time
series models has been fit separately based on the learning from China, Malaysia and South Korea
All the coefficients are based on Ordinary Least Square methodology and adjusted R-Square is the
primary metric considered for accuracy; R-Square is more than 90% for all the models
The basic Reproduction Number (R0) is the most common measure of estimating the strength of an
epidemic. In simple words, R0 is the secondary cases generated by one primary case in a susceptible
population.
In order to estimate the extent of the Covid19 pandemic in India, we made use of the SEIR model
proposed by Betten Court and Ribeiro1 & Gani et al.2,
Estimation of basic reproduction number (R0) is performed through initial intrinsic growth rate method
using standard deterministic SEIR model.
This standard deterministic SEIR epidemic model classifies each individual into susceptible S(t),
latent/exposed E(t), infective I(t) and recovered R(t) individual.
Our estimate of reproduction number for India is 1.55 with 95% CI [1.52 , 1.61 ], whereas for different
states the effective reproduction number varies in between 1.16 to 1.52
Model assumes that the infectious period, latent period, transmission probability and infection rate per
person per unit time is dynamic and varies based on individuals and their respective location
The pandemic spread curve presents a transmission rate/infection rate and its evolution over a period of
time
1. Bettencourt, L. M. A. and Ribeiro, R. M., Real time Bayesian estimation of the epidemic potential of emerging infectious diseases. PLoS One, 2008, 3(5), e2185.
2. S. R. Gani, Sk. Taslim Ali and A. S. Kadi, The transmission dynamics of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009–2010 in India, CURRENT SCIENCE, 101(8) 25 Oct. 2011
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164,886
ICU beds, or 6.4% of Total Number of Active Forecasted Cases
total hospital beds
10^6
10^3
126
Will have ICU Beds for 10^2
every million susceptible
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population, (i.e. all of the
1Million may need
intensive care) Best Case Worst Case Most Likely
At its probable worst, COVID-19 might reach a peak of 7.87 lakh patients. We expect
that in the best case scenario, India will reach around 7.80 lakh cases, around 7.87
lakh cases in a most likely scenario and 9.38 lakh cases in the worst case scenario. In
the most likely scenario we expect that the India will be 95% free around 1st week of
September.
The government is undertaking medical colleges and railway coaches into isolation
wards, stadiums into quarantine facilities, and readying part of hospitals under
defense, central police forces and railways for Covid-19 patients.
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STATEWISE ANALYSIS
This section represents how some of the states has been doing in the last one month. We can see from the
graphs below that some of the states have started showing of decline while some of the states show growth.
# of Active Cases by Staes over time and Average
100000 Average The first graphs talks about the
Growth Rate ( 7 Days Average)
growth rate growth of the number of active
90000 (Last 7 Days) cases and 7 day moving average.
MH : 2%
80000 TN : 1% The second graph talks about the
UP : 4% Doubling Rate or the number of
70000
KA : 6% days it took to double.
60000 KL : 5%
RJ : 5% If we look at these information we
50000 TG :-1% can clearly see that there are 3
GJ : 2% buckets of states
40000 AP : 9%
WB : 3% 1. Where the growth has gone
30000 DL : -4% done considerably
MP : 3%
20000 HR : 1% 2. Where the growth has
OD : 7% stabilized and
10000
3. Where there are still very high
0 rate of growth.
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Doubling Time for Each State (500+) Maharashtra (MH), Kerala (KL),
Uttar Pradesh (UP), Karnataka
40 (KA), Madhya Pradesh (MP),
35 Rajasthan (RJ), West Bengal (WB)
No of Days to Double (500+)
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STATEWISE PROJECTIONS
The above model is broken down into below numbers for each of the top 10 affected states. The values
identify the peaks in worst case scenarios
10^4
10^4
10^3
10^2
2,46,936 57,968
10^1 10^1
Earliest End Date: Mid November Earliest End Date: Late October
Worst Case : Mid December Worst Case : Early November
10^3
10^5
10^2
73,243 97,163
10^1 10^1
10^3 10^3
10^2 10^2
26,386 14,762
10^1 10^1
Earliest End Date: Mid October Earliest End Date: End October
Worst Case : Early November Worst Case : Mid December
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STATEWISE PROJECTIONS
The above model is broken down into below numbers for each of the top 10 affected states. The values
identify the peaks in worst case scenarios
10^4
10^3
10^3
10^2 10^2
29,966 99,827
10^1 10^1
Earliest End Date: End October Earliest End Date: End October
Worst Case : Mid December Worst Case : Mid December
10^4 10^4
10^3 10^3
10^2 10^2
15,331 33,820
10^1 10^1
Earliest End Date: Mid October Earliest End Date: Mid october
Worst Case : Early November Worst Case : Early November
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Confirmed
Cases
0 - 10000
10000 - 20000
20000 - 30000
30000 - 40000
40000 - 50000
60,4358 20,686 4,37,870
50000+ Total Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered
Projections
32,08,735
# of tests done
Oct 12
End of Infection
30.66 Days
Doubling Rate
0.05
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.30
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
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0 - 1000
1000 - 2000
2000 - 3000
3000 - 4000
4000 - 5000
2,96,609 2,820 2,18,311
5000+
Total Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered
Projections
29,05,521
# of tests done
Oct 15
End of Infection
17.26 Days
Doubling Rate
0.o1
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.29
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
15
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Confirmed Cases
0 - 3000
3000 - 6000
6000 - 9000
9000 - 12000
12000 - 15000 79,816 2,821 63,811
15000+ Total Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered
Projections
13,58,364
# of tests done
Sep 30
End of Infection
39.39 Days
Doubling Rate
0.04
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.19
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
16
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0 - 1000
1000 - 2000
2000 - 3000
3000 - 4000
4000 - 5000
5000+
2,33,283 4,208 1,56,950
Total Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered
Projections
20,75,086
# of tests done
Oct 20
End of Infection
19.48 Days
Doubling Rate
0.03
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.52
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
17
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Confirmed Cases
0 -1000
1000 - 2000
2000+
46,140 176 31,389
Total Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered
Projections
12,05,759
# of tests done
Sep 30
End of Infection
18.71 Days
Doubling Rate
0.01
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.26
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
18
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1500 - 3000
3000 - 4500
4500 - 6000
Projections
19,30,842
# of tests done
Oct 20
End of Infection
28.06 Days
Doubling Rate
0.02
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.19
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
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Projections
37,78,778
# of tests done
Oct 10
End of Infection
31.90 Days
Doubling Rate
0.02
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.41
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
20
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Projections
7,53,349
# of tests done
Oct 01
End of Infection
29.14 Days
Doubling Rate
0.01
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.29
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
21
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Projections
13,47,091
# of tests done
Oct 03
End of Infection
13.05 Days
Doubling Rate
0.03
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.22
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
22
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Confirmed Cases
0 - 2000
2000 - 4000
4000 - 6000 1,58,216 2,585 1,09,607
6000+ Total Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered
Projections
38,72,640
# of tests done
Oct 05
End of Infection
20.09 Days
Doubling Rate
0.02
Death to Recovery Ratio
1.24
SEIR Model Reproduction
Rate (R0)
23
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For An Overall Estimate Of The Number Of Mild, Severe And Critical Cases Around The World, We Have Taken A Study Conducted
Involving More Than 44,000 Patients In China Who Tested Positive For Covid-19, With Respect To Their Different Levels Of
Severity.
80.9% Of The Cases (36160) Were Categorised As Mild, 13.8% (6168) Were Categorised As Severe And 4.7% (2087) Were
Categorised As Critical. 0.6% (257) Were Categorised As Missing. This Roughly Meets The Global Trend Of Critical And Non-
Critical Cases Of 95% And 5%, But We Have Gone With This Three-Way Break-Up Of Cases And Mapped It To The World And India
Figures.
We have an average for India based on the cases currently – and that works out to an 80% below 60 and 20% above 60 estimate
for the total number of infections. We have three models for the age group division of cases: The World Model of 95% non-
critical cases and 5% critical cases. For below 60, we have applied the same numbers to extrapolate a figure
However, for above 60, we have factored in a small difference in margin: made it 90% non-critical cases and 10% critical cases –
keeping in mind the fact the possibility of criticality increasing for the older people.
We have applied the China Model of 72% non-critical cases and 28% critical cases – that's the current number among the
ACTIVE cases in China. This gives a possible worst case-scenario. For this, we have applied 72% and 28% for the India data, and
made it 70% non critical and 30% critical for the above 60 category.
We have a third model, which is the Mild, Severe and Critical Model based on a study of 42000 infections in China conducted in
February. We have applied 81% (mild), 14% (severe) and 5% (critical) for the below 60 category, and slightly different numbers
for the above 60 category which is 70% mild, 20% severe and 10% critical.
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OTHER ASUUMPTIONS:
Factoring in China data of hospitalisation in ICU and hospital in WUHAN based on LANCET study:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext
Factoring in China reports of hospitalisation inside and outside Wuhan (though no specific reference here to ICU data):
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/04/c_138755345.htm
Note that we have not applied the standard ICU and ward duration of stay because the averages for the US and China and our
numbers too from data available for CORONA is significantly higher.
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COVID-19
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