New Delhi: A mathematical model by IIT scientists have stated that active cases in the ongoing second COVID-19 wave in India may peak at 38-48 lakh between May 14-18 and daily new infections could hit a high of 4.4 lakh from May 4-8.
As India today saw a single-day rise of 3,52,991 (3.52 lakh) COVID-19 infections and 2,812 fatalities with 28,13,658 (28.13 lakh) active cases, the scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur and Hyderabad applied the Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed Approach' (SUTRA) model to predict that active cases would go up further by over 10 lakh by mid-May. The latest projection tweaks the time frame as well as the numbers.
Read moreLast week, the researchers predicted that the pandemic may peak between May 11-15 with 33-35 lakh total active cases and decline steeply by the end of May.
However, earlier this month, their modelling approach projected that active infections in the country would peak by April 15, which didn't come true.
Maninder Agrawal, professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
IIT-Kanpur, said this time, he has also computed minimum and maximum for predicted values and posted it and he is reasonably confident that the actual values will be within the minimum and maximum values mentioned.
On Sunday, the professor shared the new peak values for active and new COVID cases in a Twitter thread.
"Peak timing: May 14-18 for active infections and May 4-8 for new infections. Peak value: 38-48 lakhs for active infections and 3.4 to 4.4 lakhs for new infections. So it is not clear what will the final values be.
Peak timing: May 14-18 for active infections and May 4-8 for new infections.
Peak value: 38-48 lakhs for active infections and 3.4 to 4.4 lakhs for new infections."