India reported a backlog of 203 Covid cases in a single day, while the number of active cases recorded was 2,034, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
According to data updated at 8 a. m. , two deaths, one in Kerala and one in Maharashtra, were recorded in 24 hours.
The number of cases had fallen to double digits as of Dec. 5, but began to rise after the emergence of a new variant and the cold.
A single-day increase of 841 new infections, or 0. 2% from the peak of cases reported in May 2021, recorded on December 31, according to official sources.
Of the total active cases, most of about 92% are recovering from home isolation.
”The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in new cases nor a surge in hospitalisation and mortality,” the official sources have said.
India has experienced three waves of COVID-19, with the peak of daily new cases and deaths reported in the Delta wave in April-June 2021.
At its peak, 4,14,188 (4. 14 lakh) new cases and 3,915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.
Since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, more than 4. 50 million people have been infected and more than 5. 30 million deaths in about four years nationwide.
The number of people cured of the disease stands at more than 4. 40 million with a national recovery rate of 98. 81 percent, according to the ministry’s website.
It says that 220. 67 crore rupees of vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far.
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