
India reported 514 fresh cases of Covid-19, as per the health ministry’s announcement on Thursday, with the active infection count decreasing to 3,422. Over the past 24 hours, three deaths occurred, two in Maharashtra and one in Karnataka, according to the ministry’s 8 am update.
Until December 5, 2023, daily cases remained in double digits, but a surge followed the emergence of the JN.1 sub-variant and cold weather conditions. Post-December 5, the highest single-day increase was 841 cases on December 31, 2023, constituting 0.2% of the peak cases reported in May 2021.
Approximately 92% of active cases are recovering through home isolation. Officials state that the JN.1 sub-variant isn’t causing an exponential rise in new cases, hospitalizations, or mortality.
India, having experienced three waves of Covid-19, witnessed the peak during the delta wave in April-June 2021, reporting 414,188 new cases and 3,915 deaths on May 7, 2021.
Over 4.4 crore people have recovered, resulting in a national recovery rate of 98.81%, and the country has administered 220.67 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines, as per the ministry’s website.