India logs 269 new COVID-19 cases, active tally at 2,556

Three deaths, two from Kerala and one from Maharashtra have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data streamlined at 8 amIndia saw a single- day rise of 269 new COVID- 19 cases, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 2,556, the health ministry said on Wednesday, reported news agencyPTI.Three deaths, two from Kerala and one from Maharashtra have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data streamlined at 8am.The number of diurnal cases had dropped to double- integers till December 5, but cases began to increase after the emergence of a new variant and cold rainfall conditions, reportedPTI.After December 5, a outside of a single- day rise of 841 new cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which is0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, sanctioned sources said, reported PTI. Of the total active cases, around 92 per cent are recovering under home insulation. ” The presently available data suggests that theJN.1sub-variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new COVID- 19 cases nor a swell in the hospitalisation and mortality,” the sanctioned source stated, reported PTI. India has witnessed three swells of COVID- 19 in the history with the peak prevalence of diurnal new cases and deaths being reported during the delta surge during April- June 2021. At its peak, 414,188 new COVID- 19 cases and 3,915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021. Since the epidemic began in early 2020, there have been further than4.5 crore people getting infected and over5.3 lakh deaths in about four times since also across the country.