Flattening of curve could start from May 17: Indian Institute of Science Flattening of curve could start from May 17: Indian Institute of Science ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: May 10, 2021, 06:00 IST . There’s good news and there’s bad news. After weeks of anxiety, restlessness, hunt for hospital and ICU beds, oxygen scarcity, spiking death rate and positivity rate, Bengaluru might breathe easily from mid-May. According to the Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru may hit the peak in active covid-19 cases on May 17. Worse, the academicians also predict that the coronavirus could take away the lives of 14,220 people by June 11, up from 8,057 deaths reported so far.