COVID-19 metrics across parliamentary constituencies and districts in India. Issue 4 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Weiyu; Blossom, Jeffrey; Kim, Julie; deSouza, Priyanka; Zhang, Weixing; Kim, Rockli; Sarwal, Rakesh; Subramanian, S V
• Is Part Of: Annals of GIS. Volume 28:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 435
• Page End: 443
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- geographic precision -- public policy -- India; Geographic information systems -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 910.285
• DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2022.2044903
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1947-5683

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In India, Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) could serve as a regional unit of COVID-19 monitoring that facilitates evidence-based policy decisions. In this study, we presented the first estimates of COVID-19 cumulative cases and deaths per 100, 000 population and the case fatality rate (CFR) between 7 January 2020 and 31 January 2021 across PCs and districts of India. We adopted a novel geographic information science-based methodology called crosswalk to estimate COVID-19 outcomes at the PC-level from district-level information. We found a substantial variation of COVID-19 burden within each state and across the country. Access to PC-level and district-level COVID-19 information can enhance both central and regional governmental accountability of safe reopening policies.