Andhra vs UP, Which State has handled Corona better?
There are a lot of arguments on which state is handling Corona better. Overall, there is a consensus that 3 states are doing a poor job – Delhi, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. However, there is still no clarity on which States are doing the best. We do a head to head analysis to see which State is doing better. We start with AP vs UP and then we check other States as well. We look at 4 metrics.
1.Cases Per Million
UP: 63 per million
Andhra: 118 per million
UP Wins
2.Deaths Per 1000 Cases
UP: 29 per 1000 cases
AP: 14 per 1000 cases
AP Wins
3. Deaths per Million
UP: 1.8 per Million Citizens
AP: 1.6 per Million Citizens
AP Wins
4. Test per Million
UP: 2178 per Million Citizens
AP: 10442 per Million Citizens
AP Wins
The reason UP is able to show relatively fewer cases than Andhra (on per million basis) is because it is testing 5 times lesser. This is validated by the relatively lower death rate in Andhra. Typically lower testing has generally coincided with higher death rates. Overall, because of better testing and fewer deaths, AP Wins!
Caveats: Population figures were from 2011. Andhra follows a two staged testing process approved by the ICMR. Data is not per capita adjusted as AP’s per capita is about 2.7 times higher than UP. Poorer States generally have tended to have fewer Cases