Corona 3rd wave likely this month

Researchers have said India may see another rise in Covid-19 cases in August with the third wave peaking with less than 100,000 infections a day in the best-case scenario or nearly 150,000 in the worst scenario.

A Bloomberg report citing researchers led by Mathukumalli Vidyasagar and Manindra Agrawal at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Hyderabad and Kanpur respectively said that the surge in Covid-19 cases will push the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which may peak in October.

Vidyasagar said in an email that states with high Covid-19 cases, such as Kerala and Maharashtra, could ‘skew the picture’.