#CovidIsNotOver #covidwave #COVID19nz pic.twitter.com/8orfKHMTwz Globally, the seven-day average of new cases, which was dropping since January 24 (when it hit an all-time high of 3.45 million new cases a day) bottomed out at 1.48 million cases (or a fall of 57%) a day for the week ending March 2, according to Our World in Data.
Since then, this number has been rising for two straight weeks — for the week ended Wednesday, it was 1.75 million cases a day, up 18%.
Under such circumstances, several scientists are trying to understand whether Omicron BA.2 can fuel the 4th COVID wave in India.
A few weeks back, an IIT Kanpur team had predicted that India is likely to witness the next wave in June and will continue for the next 4 months, while peaking in August.