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India records rise in Covid cases again, 841 new infections in 24 hours

| @indiablooms | Dec 31, 2023, at 07:12 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India has logged 841 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, recording the highest in 227 days.

The number of active cases of the infection has been recorded at 4,309, health ministry data showed on Sunday.

Three new fatalities, one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar, have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to the data.

India had recorded 865 new cases on May 19.

The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till Dec 5, but cases have again gone up after the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.

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