India has logged 605 new cases of Covid-19, while the number of active cases of the infection stood at 4,002, the health ministry said on Monday.

Four deaths -- two from Kerala and one each from Karnataka and Tripura -- have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, 2023, but cases began to increase after the emergence of a new coronavirus JN.1 sub-variant and cold weather conditions.

After December 5, 841 new cases were reported on December 31, 2023 which was 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said.

Of the total active cases, a large majority of these (around 92 per cent) were recovering under home isolation.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease stood at over 4.4 crore with a national recovery rate of 98.81 per cent, according to the ministry's website.

According to the ministry, 220.67 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far.