Awareness of coronavirus reaches crescendo in India

Amid the largest isolation exercise of 130 crore people in the world, the awareness about the pandemic in India has been rising. The search on the key word ‘coronavirus’ has reached to its highest, according to data compiled by ETIG from Google Trends. The trending score of coronavirus in India reached 100 on March 23, which represents the highest search interest. A value of 100 shows the peak popularity of a term.

According to Google Trends, the keyword is the most popular in Goa with a score of 100 followed by Andaman & Nicobar Island (86), Karnataka (80), Meghalaya (75), and Nagaland (74). Barring Karnataka, these states have lower cases of virus infection. Maharashtra and Kerala where the maximum cases of the Coronavirus have been detected are ranked ninth and 33rd. Among cities, the highest popularity is from Pimpri-Chinchwad, followed by Gurugram, Thane, Noida and Mumbai.

The other prominent queries from India include coronavirus tips, Tom Hanks coronavirus, total cases of coronavirus in India, and how Coronavirus is generated.


Worldwide, the keyword popularity soared on March 15 and 16 and moderated thereon. At present, it is most popular in Italy (100), Spain (84), Ireland (71), France 69), and Switzerland (64).