India reported 609 new COVID-19 cases, active tally at 3,368

India has recorded 609 new COVID19 cases while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 3368 the health ministry said on Friday reported news agency PTIThree deaths two in Kerala and one in Karnataka have been reported in a span of 24 hours according to the ministrys data updated at 8 amThe number of daily cases had dropped to doubledigits till December 5 2023 but cases began to increase after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions reported PTIAfter December 5 841 new COVID19 cases were reported on December 31 2023 which was 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 official source stated reported PTIIndia has witnessed three waves of COVID19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily new cases and deaths being reported during the Delta wave in AprilJune 2021 reported PTIAt its peak 414188 new COVID19 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 have died since then across the countryThe 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 website reported PTIAccording to the website 22067 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the countryMeanwhile COVID19 subvariant JN1 has spread to 15 states and Union territories with a total of 923 cases of the infection reported so far according to the INSACOG reported PTIData compiled by the Indian SARSCoV2 Genomics Consortium INSACOG showed Karnataka has reported the highest number of cases at 214 followed by Maharashtra 170 Kerala 154 Andhra Pradesh 105 Gujarat 76 and Goa 66 reported PTITelangana and Rajasthan have recorded 32 JN1 cases each Chhattisgarh has recorded 25 Tamil Nadu 22 Delhi 16 Haryana five Odisha three West Bengal two and Uttarakhand one reported PTIEven though the number of cases is rising and the JN1 subvariant has been detected in the country there is no cause of immediate concern as the majority of those infected are opting for homebased treatment indicating a mild illness officials said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI