Covid-19: India reports 441 fresh JN.1 cases; active caseload declines to 3,238

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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. Also, no deaths were reported within 24 hours, according to the ministry’s information.

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.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.

Of the 3,238 active cases, a large majority (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.” 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.

India has witnessed three waves of COVID-19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily cases and deaths 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.

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. According to the ministry’s website, 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 website, 220.67 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far.

With inputs from agencies.



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Chandan Prakash

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