India may witness fourth wave of COVID in June: IIT-K experts

New Delhi: Experts from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) have predicted that India may witness fourth wave of COVID in June.
They have also predicted that wave will continue till the end of October. The peak will be reached between August 15 and 31.
Earlier, they had made prediction for third wave and it was near accurate with slight deviation in dates.
In order to make the prediction for the fourth wave of COVID in India, the researchers, Sabara Parshad Rajeshbhai, Subhra Sankar Dhar and Shalabh of the department of mathematics and statistic of IIT Kanpur, have used statistical model for their prediction.
Meanwhile, almost all states and union territories in India have started seeing the drastic drop in COVID-19 cases. The recovery rates have also improved significantly.
MHA direction to States Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued direction to the state government to ease curbs.