India logs 269 new COVID-19 cases

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 269 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 2,556, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Three deaths – two from Kerala and one from Maharashtra have been reported in the last 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, but cases began to increase after the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions