India may not have touched the peak of Covid-19 outbreak yet: AIIMS Director
New Delhi/IBNS: The Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has warned that Covid-19 is yet to touch its peak in India, said media reports.
“According to modeling data and the way our cases are increasing, it is likely that peak can come in June and July. But there are many variables and with time only we will know how much they are effective and the effect of extending the lockdown,” said Dr Randeep Guleria, AIIMS Director, according to ANI.
The Covid-19 cases in India have been rising with leaps and bounds. On the first day of lockdown, India had a little over 600 Covid-19 cases and 13 casualties while on the 43rd day of lockdown, there are 53,000 cases with about 1,800 casualties.
Maharashtra has the highest 16,758 cases, followed by Gujarat and Delhi, which have 6,625 and 5,532, respectively.
With a vaccine still out of sight, the government is banking on lockdown and social distancing to break the chain of infection.
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