According to information released on Saturday through the Union Ministry of Health, two new deaths, one in Rajasthan and one in Uttar Pradesh, were reported in 24 hours.
India saw a backlog of 144 Covid cases in a single day, while the number of active cases of infection fell to 840, according to data updated at 8 a. m. The number of daily cases had fallen to double digits as of Dec. 5, 2023. However, cases had begun to rise following the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.
After December 5, a peak of 841 new cases were reported on December 31, 2023, representing 0. 2% of the peak of cases reported in May 2021, according to official sources. India has experienced 3 waves of COVID-19 in the past, with the peak occurrence of new daily cases and deaths reported 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 have been recorded.