Study and Trend Prediction of Covid-19 cases in India using Deep Learning Techniques

Shrivastava, V. K.; Kumar, Ajay Shrivastava A.; Tiwari, A.; Thiru, K.; Batra, R.

The novel coronavirus or officially known as SARS-CoV 2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) has caused a severe pandemic over the world affecting not only the economy of the countries but also the lifestyle of the people worldwide. As on 31.12.2020, Covid-19 (coronavirus disease) has infecting more than 10266674 people and causing about 148738 deaths in India. It has been seen through various statistics of various countries that the number of Covid-19 cases grows exponentially as the number of test increases then after some period, the rate of new cases decreases. In this research paper, researchers have created deep learning-based model to predict the curve of the new Covid-19 cases vs the total number of tests conducted in India. There is still lockdown in some part of the country while some states have partially relaxed the rules and some states totally lifted the lockdown. Predicting the number of new cases and their trend can help in deciding what is the optimal time to release the lockdown. It will also help in determining when the coronavirus will loosen its grip from India.