NEW DELHI : Covid-19 infections in India are doubling every 4-5 days, a top epidemiologist cautioned, indicating that the pandemic is still far from being under control despite the return of near-normalcy across society and the economy.

New daily covid-19 cases, which stood at 1,500 at the end of March, have since jumped to cross 3,000. India on Sunday reported 3,824 new covid cases and five deaths, with an active caseload of 18,389.

The total number of cases stands at 44.8 million, and deaths at 530,881 in the last three years of the pandemic. “There is no doubt that covid-19 cases are doubling, and it is clearly visible," said the scientist who monitors covid-19 trends at Pune’s National Institute of Virology. “It is concerning that suddenly, after several months, cases are increasing.

There could be three possible reasons — first, the immunity of the booster dose might be waning. Secondly, the variant XBB.1.16 is also different, with a higher transmissibility rate.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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