India logged 605 fresh COVID-19 cases and four fatalities due to the infection in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
With this, the total caseload in the country rose to 4.46 crore, while active cases declined further to 3,643, according to the latest data.
The four new deaths — two each from Karnataka and Kerala – took the overall death toll to 5,30,745.
Of the total active cases, around 92 percent of patients are recovering under home isolation, indicating a milder form of the disease, officials said.
While daily cases had dropped below 100 till early December 2022, increased mobility and a new variant have caused a slight uptick over the past month.
However, authorities assured that hospitalizations and deaths remain low, suggesting a manageable situation.
As per statistics, India’s first wave peaked in September 2020, the second wave peak was witnessed in May 2021, and the third wave peak was recorded in January 2023 in terms of daily cases.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 2,05,974 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 4.5 crore people have been infected, out of which 4.4 crore have recovered.
The country has administered over 220.67 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the nationwide vaccination drive so far.
