In a report published by SBI Research, "The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to hit India by mid-August, while cases may peak in September." The report titled ‘COVID-19: The race to finishing line’, published by SBI Research, stated that vaccination is the only saviour as global data shows that, on an average, the third wave peak cases are around 1.7 times the peak cases at the time of second-wave. "India has achieved its second wave peak on May 7 and going by the current data, the country can experience around 10,000 cases somewhere around the second week of July," State Bank of India`s Group Chief Economic Adviser, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, said in the report. "However, based on historical trends, the cases can start rising by the second fortnight of Aug` 21 with peak cases at least a month later," he added. Current cases are now hovering around 45,000 since the past week, indicating that the devastating second wave is "not yet over in the country and is exhibiting a fat tail".

Source: dna July 06, 2021 04:41 UTC