40% jump in cases in a day: Will a fresh wave of Covid-19 hit India?

India continues to report a spike, but experts are divided on whether the surge is a wave yet or a ripple

India reported 3,016 fresh Covid-19 cases as of Thursday morning, recording a 40 per cent jump over the previous day. But the jury is out on whether this is the beginning of a fresh wave — while some experts say the country is already experiencing one, others point out that this may pass off as a “ripple”.

The daily positivity rate for India is now 2.73 per cent. Some districts like Solapur and Sangli in Maharashtra, one of the worst-affected states, reported positivity rates of 20.05 and 17.47 per cent respectively as of Wednesday. The positivity rate indicates the number