Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said that the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic is expected in December but it will be mild in impact. Tope had said that medical oxygen and ICU beds will not be required during the third wave period.
“The third wave is expected to be mild and medical oxygen and ICU beds will not be required,” he said, according to a PTI report.
The state had reported 766 coronavirus infections and 19 fatalities in a span of 24 hours preceding Tuesday even as the active cases in the state remained below 10,000 for the third consecutive day, the Maharashtra health department had said on Tuesday. Maharashtra’s tally of coronavirus cases stood at 66,31,297 as of Tuesday. Tope said the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic was experienced in September 2020 and the second one in April this year.
