<p>New Delhi: India has logged 475 new cases of Covid, while the number of active cases of the infection stood at 3,919, the health ministry said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Six deaths, three from Karnataka, two from Chhattisgarh and one from Assam, have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.</p>.<p>The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, 2023 but cases began to increase after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.</p>.19 test positive for JN.1 sub-variant of Covid-19 in Mumbai.<p>After December 5, 841 new cases were reported on December 31, 2023 which was 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said.</p>.<p>Of the total active cases, a large majority of these (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.</p>.<p>"The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a surge in the hospitalisation and mortality," the sources stated.</p>.<p>India has witnessed three waves of COVID-19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily new cases and deaths being reported during the Delta wave in April-June 2021.</p>.<p>At its peak, 4,14,188 new cases and 3,915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.</p>.<p>Since the pandemic began in early 2020, more than 4.5 crore people have got infected and over 5.3 lakh have died since then across the country.</p>.<p>The number of people who have recuperated from the disease stands at over 4.4 crore with a national recovery rate of 98.81 per cent, according to the ministry's website.</p>.<p>According to the website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the country.</p>
<p>New Delhi: India has logged 475 new cases of Covid, while the number of active cases of the infection stood at 3,919, the health ministry said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Six deaths, three from Karnataka, two from Chhattisgarh and one from Assam, have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.</p>.<p>The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, 2023 but cases began to increase after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.</p>.19 test positive for JN.1 sub-variant of Covid-19 in Mumbai.<p>After December 5, 841 new cases were reported on December 31, 2023 which was 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said.</p>.<p>Of the total active cases, a large majority of these (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.</p>.<p>"The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a surge in the hospitalisation and mortality," the sources stated.</p>.<p>India has witnessed three waves of COVID-19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily new cases and deaths being reported during the Delta wave in April-June 2021.</p>.<p>At its peak, 4,14,188 new cases and 3,915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.</p>.<p>Since the pandemic began in early 2020, more than 4.5 crore people have got infected and over 5.3 lakh have died since then across the country.</p>.<p>The number of people who have recuperated from the disease stands at over 4.4 crore with a national recovery rate of 98.81 per cent, according to the ministry's website.</p>.<p>According to the website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the country.</p>