India has recorded 573 fr🍸esh cases of COVID-19 and the number of active cases of the infection has increased to 4,5🍌65, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.
Two new fatalities due to the disease -- one each in Karnataka and Haryana -- were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at ꦗ8 am.
The number of daily cases had dropped🎐 to double-digits till December 5, but cases have again gone up after the emergence of a new variant and cold weathe✨r conditions.
The daily numbers were in lakhs at the peak of the pandemic, which began in early 2020 and has seen more than 4.5 crore people getting infected and o💞ver 5.3 lakh deaths in about four yea♛rs since then across the country.
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, accord🐼ing to the ministry's website. According to the website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the country.
