Jamie Mullick works as a chief content producer at Hindustan Times. He uses data and graphics to tell his stories.
Articles by Jamie Mullick
Numbers Matter | Why the current outbreak in Hong Kong is unlike any other
With the average daily deaths much higher than ever seen since the beginning of the pandemic, there are lessons for countries on their approach to fighting the virus
Published on Mar 16, 2022 12:52 PM IST
Numbers Matter | Two years, three waves, four lessons
Here we take a look at the lessons that two years of the pandemic have taught us, and how they may serve us in possible future waves.
Published on Mar 03, 2022 02:46 PM IST
Two years on: What we’ve learnt from the outbreak
March 2 marks the completion of the second year of India’s ongoing battle with the global Covid-19 pandemic
Published on Mar 01, 2022 10:53 PM IST
Kaws for cheer: This art show took place in the metaverse
Works by the NYC street artist are showing in a UK gallery, online and in Fortnite. Might this be one of the most viewed art events in history? It’s certainly not the first
Updated on Feb 26, 2022 03:46 PM IST
Barkha Dutt: The stories behind the numbers
Her new book, To Hell And Back, offers a front-line view of those affected by Covid-19. It’s also a look at how Dutt’s own reporting, mobile, fast, unfettered by TV studios, has transformed
![“Television, with all of its scale and all of its resources, did not shine [during the pandemic]. It made me step back and ask, ‘Had I lost touch with why I became a journalist to begin with?” says Barkha Dutt. (Image courtesy Barkha Dutt)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/img/2022/02/25/150x84/1b6f4fa2-9654-11ec-bacd-e5fb1910eafa_1645805042951.jpg "“Television, with all of its scale and all of its resources, did not shine [during the pandemic]. It made me step back and ask, ‘Had I lost touch with why I became a journalist to begin with?” says Barkha Dutt. (Image courtesy Barkha Dutt)")
Updated on Feb 25, 2022 11:27 PM IST
Numbers Matter | Decoding the world’s Omicron wave peaks
As cases drop and the global Omicron wave recedes, a look into the trajectory of infections and deaths of all three waves
Published on Feb 16, 2022 11:03 AM IST
India’s daily new Covid cases dip below 50,000
There were a total of 45,486 new cases detected across India on Saturday, according to HT’s Covid-19 dashboard. This was the first time since January 3, exactly 40 days ago, that there were fewer than 50,000 cases in a single day.
Updated on Feb 13, 2022 01:25 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Numbers Matter | Covid-19: Three waves, three paces
India’s third wave has truly peaked and is now receding fast — giving us the unique chance to compare it to the two previous waves.
Published on Feb 08, 2022 08:33 PM IST
India’s daily Covid-19 case tally drops below 100,000
Just 18 days ago, there were more than four times as many cases – on January 20, there were 347,487 new infections of Covid-19 detected across India.
Published on Feb 08, 2022 12:07 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Covid-19: Cases start to plateau in third national wave
This is the first time a trend reversal has been witnessed since the start of the Omicron surge in late December.
Updated on Jan 29, 2022 06:21 AM IST
Numbers Matter | Omicron wave: Is it the beginning of the end?
If these trends are to hold, then that means that India may be headed to a peak in the third wave in coming days. This would be in line with what several mathematical and epidemiological models have predicted to be the time that this wave would peak – early February
Updated on Jan 28, 2022 03:19 PM IST
Covid hospitalisations drop in Mumbai, Delhi’s plateau
The two cities that were earliest urban hot spots of the Omicron wave, but in recent days, they have seen their case trajectories start to dip.
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 05:46 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi/mumbai
Numbers Matter | Covid: What the fall in hospitalisations in Mumbai, Delhi means
While the drop in cases may be because of low testing levels, or people using home test kits, a drop in hospitalisation is a crucial metric that reflects the on-the-ground situation
Published on Jan 19, 2022 03:17 PM IST
West Bengal’s daily Covid-19 cases cross second wave peak as surge continues
With 23,467 new cases reported across West Bengal on Thursday, the seven-day average of daily infections in the state has now touched 21,044
Updated on Jan 14, 2022 07:05 AM IST
Numbers Matter | What early signs of Covid peak in Mumbai, Delhi mean for India
Milder infections, coupled with fewer hospitalisations also means that a minuscule case of infections will end up being severe
Updated on Jan 12, 2022 01:46 PM IST
Is the third wave finally starting to ebb in Mumbai and Delhi?
The earliest urban hot spots of India’s third wave of Covid-19 – Mumbai and Delhi, which were among the first regions in the country to reflect a rising trend in infections – appear to be exhibiting early signs that their infections curves may be flattening, data shows
Published on Jan 12, 2022 12:07 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India tally crosses 116k riding on Omicron surge
Thursday’s case count of 116,838 means that daily cases have now grown more than 10-fold in just 10 days (there were just 9,155 new infections on December 28) – a speed of rise in infections previously unseen in the two years of the pandemic in the country.
Updated on Jan 07, 2022 08:13 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul and Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Delhi: 82 times jump in Covid-19 cases, 3 times rise in hospitalisation
As per the January 3 health bulletin released by the Delhi government, out of the 9,029 hospital beds available in the city for Covid-19 patients, only 420 were occupied.
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 06:44 AM IST
Jamie Mullick and Soumya Pillai, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘Symptomatic positivity’ of Covid-19 just 2% in Mumbai
Of the 38,983 positive cases detected in Mumbai since December 31, only 4,934 patients are symptomatic, according to the daily Covid bulletin released by the BMC
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 06:13 AM IST
Jamie Mullick and Dhaval Kulkarni, Hindustan Times, Mumbai
Numbers matter | As Covid cases surge, hospitalisations and deaths don’t
Preventing hospitalisations prevents deaths – the eventual target of the pandemic for any country
Published on Jan 04, 2022 04:29 PM IST
Covid spreading faster than it was in second national wave: Data
In the week ended January 2, there were 18,290 new infections of Covid-19 reported everyday on average across India, the highest the seven-day average has touched since October 12, the dashboard showed.
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 07:18 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
The year ahead: The numbers game of boosting the Covid-19 battle
In India, and across the world, the year ended with the governments revising their vaccination strategy to tackle the new threat.
Published on Jan 01, 2022 04:57 PM IST
The numbers game of boosting the Covid-19 battle
A new, and heavily mutated and transmissible variant, Omicron, has sent scientists and governments huddling to rework their vaccination strategies.
Updated on Jan 01, 2022 04:46 AM IST
In 2021, a countrywide vaccination drive of immense value
December 31, 2021 marks exactly two years since the day that China confirmed that it was trying to ascertain the cause of an “unidentified pneumonia outbreak” in Wuhan
Published on Dec 31, 2021 07:19 PM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
How Covid cases are spreading in India’s cities again
Nearly eight months have passed since India’s brutal second wave of infections peaked in the country
Published on Dec 30, 2021 11:56 PM IST
Chennai saw massive rise in overall deaths during second wave, shows new study
The city saw a 41% increase in overall mortality compared to pre-pandemic levels, with a higher death toll observed in poorer parts of the city during the second wave, shows a study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases
Updated on Dec 24, 2021 03:06 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Numbers matter | What London and Denmark can teach us about Omicron
Here is a look at two case studies from regions in Europe that were the first in the continent to report large-scale Omicron outbreaks
Published on Dec 21, 2021 04:58 PM IST
Understanding the global Omicron threat
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that preliminary evidence appears to indicate that vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2, which also carries a “higher risk of re-infection”
Published on Dec 17, 2021 12:22 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, New Delhi
Understanding the global Omicron threat
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that preliminary evidence appears to indicate that vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2, which also carries a “higher risk of re-infection”
Updated on Dec 17, 2021 06:46 AM IST
Jamie Mullick, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India’s active cases drop below 100,000 for the first time in 18 months
With 99,023 active infections across India as of Wednesday morning, the case burden on the country is at the lowest since June 2, 2020 – a time when the first wave of the pandemic was just beginning.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:39 AM IST