India saw a single-day rise of 163 COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases of the infection was recorded at 874, the health ministry said.
Two new deaths due to the viral disease — one each from Karnataka and Maharashtra — were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.
The number of daily cases was in double digits till December 5 last year, but it began to rise after the emergence of a new variant of the virus and cold weather conditions.
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