India may see the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic from August and it would reach its peak in September, a report by the State Bank of India (SBI) has projected. The report, “Covid-19: the race to finishing line,” was prepared by SBI Research. “Going by the current data, India can experience daily Covid-19 cases around 10,000 somewhere around the second week of July. However, the cases can start rising by the second fortnight of August,” the report said, adding that the country reached the peak of the second wave on May 7.
The projections are based on “historical trends,” the study said. It said that the global data shows that on average, peak cases reached during the third wave are nearly twice or 1.7 times those from the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The projections come even as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic recedes and most experts are almost unanimous that a third Covid-19 wave would hit the country. There are, however, various projections over when this potential third wave would arrive.
An SBI report, published in June, said a possible second wave could be “as severe as second,” though it also said the number of coronavirus related fatalities would be less than the corresponding figures due to the second wave.
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