StatsGuru: Second Covid wave ominously worse than the first in India

More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, India's reasons to celebrate are waning and worries are rising by the day. In the two hardest-hit districts, Pune and Mumbai, the second wave is significantly more potent than the first, shows chart 1.



The 14-day average of new daily cases has risen from the low of about 1,500 to over 5,000 in less than a month, about four times fast than the time taken for this jump in the first wave. This may even worsen from here on. 

Now these two cities were the reason for Maharashtra being