‘SHARP RISE IN CASES IN JAN END, SHARP FALL IN MID-MARCH’

Amid a surge in Covid-19 infections in the country, IIT Kanpur professor Manindra Agrawal on Monday stated that the peak of the infection will hit the nation towards the end of January. He also said that the cases would overtake the cases recorded during the second wave.

He also said that the cases will decline very sharply and by March, it will be over. “As per preliminary data, cases (nationally) will peak by the end of this month and are likely to cross second wave numbers. Since this time the peak is coming up very rapidly, the rise is very sharp,” Manindra Agrawal said.

“We expect the decline also to be equally sharp and if the peak hits in January, then by the middle of March, the wave will be over,” he said. The IIT Kanpur professor stated that the national capital will report almost 40,000 cases per day at its peak. “Cases in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata are likely to peak around the middle of this month, in the next few days in fact. But this wave will be almost over by the end of this month in these cities,” he said. On election rallies that can spread the virus, he said, “If you look at only election rallies as a cause for the spread, that is wrong. Many things caused the spreading and election rallies are just one of them. And if one believes that just by stopping election rallies, you will stop the spread that is not correct.”