Raising the alarm bells for policymakers and citizens, a research report has contended that India may witness the third covid wave from August 2021. The report - COVID-19: The race to finishing line - prepared by SBI Research, claims that the covid third wave peak will arrive in the month of September 2021. The research report says that India achieved its second wave peak on 7th May. These are the highlights from the reportGlobal data shows that on average third wave peak cases are around 1.7 times the peak cases at the time of second-wave. 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.

Source: Mint July 05, 2021 04:30 UTC