India records 180 new COVID-19 cases, active tally at 2,804

India has logged 180 new COVID19 cases while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 2804 the health ministry said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIThree deaths have been reported from Maharashtra in a span of 24 hours according to the ministrys data updated at 8 am reported PTIThe number of daily cases had dropped to doubledigits till December 5 2023 but they again began to increase after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditionsA single day rise of 841 new COVID19 cases were reported on December 31 2023 which is 02 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021 official sources said reported PTIOf the total active cases a large majority of these around 92 per cent are recovering under home isolation reported PTIThe currently available data suggests that the JN1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in new cases nor a surge in hospitalisation and mortality the sources stated reported PTIIndia has witnessed three waves of COVID19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily new cases and deaths being reported in the Delta wave during AprilJune 2021 reported PTIAt its peak 414188 new cases and 3915 deaths were reported on May 7 2021Since the pandemic began in early 2020 more than 45 crore people have got infected and over 53 lakh people have died across the country due to the infectionThe number of people who have recuperated from the disease stands at over 44 crore with a national recovery rate of 9881 per cent according to the ministrys websiteAccording to the website 22067 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the countryMeanwhile Maharashtra on Monday reported 35 new COVID19 cases and three fresh fatalities linked to the respiratory illness officials said reported PTIOf the three deaths caused due to COVID19 one each was reported from Pune city Navi Mumbai and Sangli district they saidAmong the new COVID19 cases the Mumbai administrative circle logged the highest at 19 followed by 11 in the Pune circle three in Kolhapur and one each in Nashik and Latur circles said the officials reported PTIAn administrative circle consists of multiple districtsAt present Maharashtra has 630 active cases of COVID19 with the Mumbai circle accounting for the highest at 312 they said reported PTISo far 250 cases of the new coronavirus subvariant JN1 have been found in Maharashtra the officials added reported PTIWith inputs from PTI