India has logged 841 new cases of COVID-19, the highest in 227 days, while the number of active cases of the infection was recorded at 4,309, the health ministry said on Sunday.
Three new fatalities due to Covid– one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar — have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.
India had recorded 865 new days on May 19.
The number of cases had fallen to double digits until December 5, but cases rose again after the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.
The figures were in lakhs at the height of the pandemic, which began in early 2020 and has seen more than 4. 5 crore infected and more than 5. 3 lakh deaths in about four years since then across the country.
The number of people cured of the disease stands at over 4. 4 crore with a national recovery rate of 98. 81 per cent, according to the ministry’s website.
According to the website, 220. 67 million rupees of Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the country.