NEW DELHI, Jan 15: The health ministry announced on Monday that there had been 272 new instances of Covid in India, bringing the total number of active cases down to 2,990. The ministry’s statistics, which was updated at 8 am, shows that no deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. Up until December 5, 2023, the number of daily cases had fallen to double digits; however, following the introduction of a new variation and the occurrence of cold weather, they started to rise again. On December 31, 2023, 841 new cases were reported in a single day, accounting for 0.2% of the peak instances reported in May 2021, according to government sources. In all, there are currently 92% of active cases that are being treated at home by specialists.According to the sources, “the data that is currently available suggests that the JN.1 variant is not causing an exponential rise in new cases nor a surge in hospitalisation and mortality.” Three waves of COVID-19 have hit India in the past; the Delta wave, which is expected to peak in April–June 2021, is known to have the highest daily rate of new cases and deaths. On May 7, 2021, the number of new cases and deaths was 4,14,188, the highest ever. Over 4.5 crore people have been infected and over 5.3 lakh people have perished nationwide as a result of the epidemic since it started in early 2020.According to the ministry’s website, nearly 4.4 crore individuals have recovered from the illness, meaning that the country’s recovery rate is 98.81 percent. As per the website, the nation has administered 220.67 crore doses of the Covid vaccination so far.
