India has recorded 124 new Covid cases, while the number of active cases of infection is 1,415, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
According to Ministry data updated at 8:00 a. m. , no deaths have been recorded in 24 hours. The number of daily cases had fallen to double digits until Dec. 5 but began to rise after the emergence of a new variant and the cold.
After Dec. 5, the largest one-day accumulation of 841 new cases was reported on Dec. 31, 2023, accounting for 0. 2% of the peak of cases reported in May 2021, according to official sources. Of all active cases, a large majority (approximately 92%) are recovering through home isolation.
“The latest knowledge suggests that the JN. 1 variant is not causing an exponential increase in new cases or an increase in hospitalizations and mortality,” an official source said. India has experienced three waves of COVID-19 in recent years. In the past, the peak of the emergence of new daily cases and deaths was recorded in the delta wave in April-June 2021.
At its peak, 4,14,188 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. . the country.
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. He said that 220. 67 million rupees of Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the country.