<p>New Delhi: India recorded 514 new cases of Covid-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 3,422, the health ministry said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Three deaths – two in Maharashtra and one in Karnataka 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 the emergence of a new sub-variant -- JN.1 -- and cold weather conditions.</p>.<p>After December 5, a maximum of a single-day rise of 841 new cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which is 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said.</p>.<p>Of the total active cases, around 92 per cent are recovering under home isolation.</p>.<p>"The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 sub-variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a surge in the hospitalisation and mortality," the official source 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 during April-June 2021.</p>.<p>At its peak, 414,188 new cases and 3915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.</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 so far been administered in the country.</p>
<p>New Delhi: India recorded 514 new cases of Covid-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 3,422, the health ministry said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Three deaths – two in Maharashtra and one in Karnataka 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 the emergence of a new sub-variant -- JN.1 -- and cold weather conditions.</p>.<p>After December 5, a maximum of a single-day rise of 841 new cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which is 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said.</p>.<p>Of the total active cases, around 92 per cent are recovering under home isolation.</p>.<p>"The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 sub-variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a surge in the hospitalisation and mortality," the official source 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 during April-June 2021.</p>.<p>At its peak, 414,188 new cases and 3915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.</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 so far been administered in the country.</p>