<p>New Delhi: India has recorded 441 fresh Covid-19 infections while the number of active cases has come down to 3,238, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.</p>.<p>No deaths were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.</p>.<p>The number of daily cases was in double digits till December 5 but it began to rise again amid cold weather conditions and after the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant, JN.1.</p>.<p>After December 5, the highest single-day rise of 841 cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which was 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021. </p><p>Of the 3,238 active cases, a large majority (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.</p>.Last rites of Covid victims will be performed in all crematoriums: K'taka Health Dept.<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," an official source said.</p>.<p>India has witnessed three waves of Covid-19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily cases and deaths being reported during the Delta wave during April-June 2021. At its peak, 4,14,188 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 been infected and over 5.3 lakh have died 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-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far. </p>
<p>New Delhi: India has recorded 441 fresh Covid-19 infections while the number of active cases has come down to 3,238, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.</p>.<p>No deaths were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.</p>.<p>The number of daily cases was in double digits till December 5 but it began to rise again amid cold weather conditions and after the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant, JN.1.</p>.<p>After December 5, the highest single-day rise of 841 cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which was 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021. </p><p>Of the 3,238 active cases, a large majority (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.</p>.Last rites of Covid victims will be performed in all crematoriums: K'taka Health Dept.<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," an official source said.</p>.<p>India has witnessed three waves of Covid-19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily cases and deaths being reported during the Delta wave during April-June 2021. At its peak, 4,14,188 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 been infected and over 5.3 lakh have died 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-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far. </p>