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. 2026 Jan 12;13:1665863. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1665863

Table 1.

Segmentation of COVID-19 data into epidemic waves.

Wave Date range Description
Wave 1 2020-03-01 to 2020-06-30 Initial outbreak and first lockdowns
Wave 2 2020-09-01 to 2021-02-28 Winter surge and Alpha variant rise
Wave 3 2021-03-01 to 2021-07-31 Alpha and Delta variant wave
Wave 4 2021-08-01 to 2021-12-31 Continued Delta variant surge
Wave 5 2022-01-01 to 2022-06-30 Omicron BA.1 wave
Wave 6 2022-07-01 to 2022-12-31 Omicron BA.4/BA.5 wave