NEW DELHI : India is yet to see the peak of the current Covid-19 wave, warned health experts on Tuesday as India reports 2,55,874 new cases in the past twenty four hours.
Health experts cited the majority population that resides in rural India. India's Tuesday Covid case tally was 50,190 less than yesterday.
The country also reported 614 deaths in the last 24 hours. India's active caseload stands at 22,36,842 on Tuesday. The experts also noted that hospitalization has been far less in the current variant than in the second wave, but patients with comorbidities are still requiring hospital admissions and ICU beds.
The third Covid-19 wave, fueled by the new variant Omicron has engulfed India. This Omicron variant was designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after it was detected in South Africa.