COVID-19 third wave could hit Maharashtra by October end: Health Minister Rajesh Tope

Tope predicted that as many as 60 lakh people could be infected by the time the festival season ends in November.

New Delhi: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday (August 26) warned that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could strike the state as early as October end. He predicted that as many as 60 lakh people could be infected by the time the festival season ends in November. “Maharashtra will be hit by the third wave of the coronavirus by the end of October or the first week of November as most festivities come to an end, and at least 60 lakh people will be infected by Covid-19,” Tope told an English news channel.