Third wave of Covid 19

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.

After facing a severe second wave of coronavirus pandemic between February and May, there has been a sharp decline in India's daily cases in the last several weeks. However, the recent trajectory of COVID-19 cases has shown some worrying signs.

As per the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), there has been been a slowdown in the downward trend of daily COVID infections and a slight increase in the positivity rate. This is worrisome as there has been an influx of people at tourist destinations with less or no COVID-appropriate behaviour seen from them.Third Wave