id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-139097-deuvq0wf Sahasranaman, Anand Network structure of COVID-19 spread and the lacuna in India's testing strategy 2020-03-21 .txt text/plain 1825 100 57 We characterize the network of COVID-19 spread in India and find that the transmission rate is 0.43, with daily case growth driven by individuals who contracted the virus abroad. Given this bias in testing, it should be no surprise that among the observed cases of COVID-19 in the country, a majority are travellers from high-risk countries and their immediate contacts with local transmission (as reflected in the networks structure of infections, Fig. 2b ). Consolidated data from ICMR tells us that India has so far tested a total of 13,486 samples [35] , or 10 tests people per million population, which is very low compared to other countries that have been testing for community spread [36] , and creates the risk of missing such transmission in case it is already underway in the country. Coronavirus update: 3 more test positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra, number rises to 5 ./cache/cord-139097-deuvq0wf.txt ./txt/cord-139097-deuvq0wf.txt