India could see last of new Covid cases by July-end, Singapore study predicts

Rozana Spokesman

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India is likely to see the last of the new Covid-19 cases by 26 July, according to a team of researchers from Singapore.

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New Delhi: India is likely to see the last of the new Covid-19 cases by 26 July, according to a team of researchers from Singapore.

The Singapore University of Technology and Design made data-driven predictions of when the Covid-19 pandemic will end in 131 countries.

The predictions were uploaded on the university’s official website. According to the predictions, the pandemic is likely to end in the world by 9 December, though some countries, including Bahrain and Qatar, will see the last of its fresh cases in February 2021.

For India, the team predicts that 97 per cent of the total expected cases will be identified by 21 May.