Prognosis

Forecaster Who Saw India’s Covid Peak Sees New Wave Coming

  • India may see daily cases grow again to 150,000 in October
  • New variants, rate of vaccination key to tipping the balance
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India is likely to see a rise in Covid-19 infections building into a new -- though smaller -- virus wave that may peak in October, according to a mathematical model by researchers who accurately predicted the tapering of a brutal surge of cases earlier this year.