India may be hit by a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic from August and it could reach its peak in September, a report released by th...
India may be hit by a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic from August and it could reach its peak in September, a report released by the State Bank of India said, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
The report projected that Covid-19 cases in India can dip to around 10,000 in the second week of July, but infections will increase by the second fortnight of August. The projections are based on “historical trends” of cases, the SBI said. The report stated that global data shows that on an average, third wave peak cases are around 1.7 times that of the second wave, Mint reported.
In a separate report published in June, the SBI had projected that the third wave could be as severe as the second one and could last for 98 days. The report had said that Covid-19 vaccination should be India’s key priority, especially for children who could be the next vulnerable group.
The forecast made by the latest SBI report is quite different from the government’s projections about the third wave.
On June 27, chairperson of India’s Covid-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group, NK Arora, said that a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research has shown that if a third wave of the coronavirus hits India,...
