[Photo/Agencies]The ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India is projected to come to its peak in the middle of May, local media reported on Sunday.

据当地媒体4月25日报道，印度第二波新冠疫情可能于5月中旬达到峰值。

When reaching the peak time, daily COVID-19 cases in the Asian country are expected to rise to 500,000 and may subside between June and July.

到5月中旬疫情达到峰值时，印度每天新增确诊病例将高达50万例。

疫情可能在6月到7月间平息。

According to media reports, the projections were presented by a senior federal government official at the meeting on Sunday, at which officials agreed that "heavily populated states are at particular risk; and, health infrastructure in states is not adequate enough to cope with the present serious scenario.

"据媒体报道，这些预测是由一名联邦政府高级官员在4月25日的会议上提出的。

与会官员一致认为，"人口稠密的邦将面临特殊风险，各邦卫生基础设施将不足以应对严重疫情。

"Uttar Pradesh is projected to suffer a daily shortage of about 16,752 hospital beds with supplied medical oxygen, of 3,061 intensive care unit beds, and of at least 1,538 ventilators.

北方邦每天将缺口约16752张带氧气的病床、约3061张重症监护病床和1538台呼吸机。

The country's COVID-19 tally reached 16,960,172 on Sunday with 349,691 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours.

4月25日，印度新冠肺炎确诊病例累计16960172例，24小时新增确诊病例349691例。

This was the fourth consecutive day when over 300,000 cases were registered in a single day.

已连续4天单日新增病例超过30万例。

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