India logged 69 cases of the new variant of Covid, JN.1, in the last 24 hours, with Karnataka being the highest contributor, the Union Health Ministry said.
The tally included 34 cases of the new variant from Karnataka, nine cases from Maharashtra, 14 from Goa, six from Kerala, four from Tamil Nadu, and two from Telangana, sources said.
The country reported a total of 116 fresh cases of Covid in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Three deaths due to the infection were reported in Karnataka. With the fresh case count, the active cases in the country were at 4,170, as on Tuesday, while the total death toll due to the viral disease reached 5,33,337. According to sources, a total of 69 cases of the JN.1 Covid-19 variant were reported in the country, till December 25, 2023.
Commenting on the variant, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “The new strain of Covid is a sub-variant of Omicron. It has two aspects. They are not very dangerous. We are reviewing the health infrastructure in different states.”
“Precautions need to be taken, but panic should not be created,” he said.
On Monday, India saw a single-day rise of 628 new coronavirus cases while the number of active cases went up to 4,054. One death was reported in Kerala in 24 hours.
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