India recorded 752 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours amid concerns over a new variant driving the latest surge in infections. Four related death were also reported during this period.
The country added 328 cases and one death yesterday, including 265 cases from Kerala alone. The death was also reported from the southern state.
The active cases in India today stand at 3,420, adding 423 cases to yesterday's figure of 2,997, showed the health ministry dashboard.
JN.1, a new variant of the virus, is believed to be behind the rise in infections. As many as 21 cases of the variant have been found in Goa thus far, and another in Kerala, according to news agency PTI.
Kerala has been accounting for a major chunk of the cases reported across the country.
Noida yesterday reported its first Covid case after months with a 54-year-old resident working in Gurugram tested positive.