Table 1.
Health and demographic context of sample locations
| Median age | GDP/capita | Cumulative infections on July 31 | Cumulative COVID-19 deaths on July 31 | Hospital beds per 100 000 population | |
| Population census 2011 | NSDP nominal (2018–2019 INT$) | JHU CSSE COVID-19 data44 | JHU CSSE COVID-19 data44 | Kapoor et al24 | |
| Bihar | 19.9 | 640 | 51 233 | 296 | 25.55 |
| Maharashtra* | 28.2 | 2802 | 411 798 | 14 994 | 172.94 |
| Karnataka | 27.4 | 3082 | 124 115 | 2314 | 391.62 |
| Tamil Nadu | 29.9 | 2831 | 245 859 | 3935 | 174.83 |
| India | 24.0 | 1964 | 1 695 988 | 36 511 | 137.62 |
Row 2 indicates the data source.
*Mumbai is the capital city of Maharashtra.
GDP, Gross domestic product; JHU CSSE, Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering; NSDP, Net state domestic product.