A new peak of 4.12 lakh cases

India reported 4,12,262 new cases and 3,980 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday. India had become the first country in the world to register over 4 lakh infections in a single day on April 30, when it reported 4.08 lakh infections. The new infections have pushed India's caseload to over 2.06 crore while active cases stand at 35.66 lakh. Both Karnataka and Kerala registered new records with over 50,000 cases and almost 42,000 cases, respectively. Maharashtra discovered over 57,000 infections. The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister Wednesday said a third wave of Covid-19 was inevitable given the high levels of the circulating virus and that they couldn’t predict a time frame for it.