Chennai: 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’.
Meanwhile, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director General Dr Shekhar C Mande said the next wave of Covid-19 is definitely happening, but refused to make a guess as to how and when it will strike.
Speaking to reporters, he said vaccination and wearing a mask will certainly help in reducing the intensity of the third wave.
Stating that they were analysing the data of surge in positive cases in Kerala, he added that the Delta plus variant of the virus was not of great concern.