New Delhi, Jan 10 : India has reported 605 fresh cases of Covid, with the number of active infections dropping to 3,643, according to the health ministry’s update on Wednesday at 8 am.
In the past 24 hours, four deaths were recorded, with two each in Karnataka and Kerala, as per the ministry’s data. The decline in daily cases persisted until December 5, 2023, when a new variant and cold weather conditions led to an increase. On December 31, 2023, 841 new cases were reported, accounting for 0.2% of the peak cases in May 2021.
Around 92% of the total active cases are recovering under home isolation, and the JN.1 variant, according to available data, is not causing an exponential rise in new cases or a surge in hospitalization and mortality, officials noted.
India has experienced three waves of COVID-19, with the Delta wave in April-June 2021 being the most severe, reporting 4,14,188 new cases and 3,915 deaths on May 7, 2021. Since the pandemic’s onset in early 2020, over 4.5 crore people have been infected, resulting in over 5.3 lakh deaths nationwide. The country’s recovery rate stands at 98.81%, with over 4.4 crore people having recuperated.
As per the ministry’s website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the country.
