India saw a single day rise of 305 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 2,439, the health ministry said on Thursday. Three deaths — one each from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat — have been reported in a span of last 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.
The number of cases had fallen to double digits as of Dec. 5, but cases began to pile up after the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.
“Recent knowledge suggests that the JN. 1 subvariant does not lead to an exponential increase in new cases or an increase in hospitalizations and mortality,” the official source said.
India has experienced three waves of COVID-19 in the past, with the peak of new daily cases and deaths reported in the delta wave between April and June 2021.
At its peak, 414,188 new cases and 3,915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.
Since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, more than 4. 5 million people have been infected and more than 5. 3 million deaths in about four years nationwide.
The number of people cured of the disease stands at more than 4. 4 million, with a national recovery rate of 98. 81 percent, according to the ministry’s website.
According to the website, 220. 67 million rupees of Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the country.
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