In India, on the other hand, infections peaked on September 15 at 83,809 and since then it was on a decelerating path. We capture this by the percentage of state level urban population. Similarly Kerala and Maharashtra (with almost 50 per cent urban population) have 21,169 and 15734 cases per million, both identified as high Covid-infected states. For instance, Bihar with 11.29 per cent urban population has a little above 2100 cases per million. Should we infer from this that more developed urban states have better governance?

Source: Economic Times December 29, 2020 02:12 UTC