The third COVID-19 pandemic wave has started to decline, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The active cases are 25 per cent more than in the second wave during the peak, but the hospitalisation is 60 per cent lower according to their data. However, an expert mid-day spoke to warns that it is too early to declare a peak unless the decline in cases is consistent over a period of time.

While the second wave took almost two months to reach the peak, from February 10 to April 4 in 2021, the third wave peak comes within 17 days (from December 21 to January 7).