Covid cases in India may peak by January-end, subside by Feb: Epidemiologist Bhramar Mukherjee

As India reports over 1,94,720 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to Professor Bhramar Mukherjee, data scientist and epidemiologist, University of Michigan, on when India might ideally witness a peak in infections.?

The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Maharashtra with 46,723 cases, followed by Delhi with 27,561 cases, West Bengal with 22,155 cases, Tamil Nadu with 17,934 cases and Karnataka with 21,390 cases.?

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Q) When will this wave peak.

We saw states like Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal, which bloomed early to peak early.

I am hopeful some of the states are going to peak in the next seven days.

India might peak in late January.

It is always the case for India and we know that it's like having multiple nations within a nation and there is usually a cascade of peaks coming through different regions, states and union territories.

But we do not have hospitalisation data uniformly available across India.

The figure and statistics, however, indicate the wave may peak by January and end by February