NEW DELHI, Jan 19: India had a daily increase of 355 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of active cases in the nation to 2,331, the Union health ministry reported on Friday. Data updated by the government at 8 am showed that two deaths were reported in 24 hours, one from Kerala and one from Karnataka. Before December 5, the number of Covid cases each day had fallen to double digits; however, with the advent of a new strain and the cold weather, the number of cases started to rise. According to government sources, the largest single-day increase of 841 new cases after December 5 was recorded on December 31, 2023, or 0.2% of the peak instances recorded in May 2021.Approximately 92% of patients with current cases are recuperating at home in isolation. According to the official source, “the currently available data suggests that the JN.1 variant is not causing an exponential rise in new cases nor a surge in hospitalisation and mortality.” India has previously experienced three waves of COVID-19, with the delta wave in April–June 2021 being the highest daily incidence 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 individuals have been afflicted and over 5.3 lakh deaths have been documented nationwide since the pandemic started in early 2020.On the website of the ministry, it is said that over 4.4 crore people have recovered from the illness, translating to a 98.81 percent national recovery rate. As per the website, the nation has administered 220.67 crore doses of the Covid vaccination so far.
