NEW DELHI: India has recorded 573 fresh cases of Covid-19, and two more deaths in a span of 24 hours, as per Union health ministry data released on Tuesday.
The active case tally stands at 4,565, as per data on health ministry website on Tuesday morning. The official data reflected two Covid deaths in 24 hours, one each in Karnataka and Haryana.
As per INSACOG’s data updated on Tuesday, a total of 263 cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country so far, with about half of them having been reported in Kerala.
Ten states and UTs have so far detected the presence of the JN.1 sub-variant of the virus. These are Kerala (133), Goa (51), Gujarat (34), Delhi (16), Karnataka (eight), Maharashtra (nine), Rajasthan (five), Tamil Nadu (four), Telangana (two) and Odisha (one), according to INSACOG data.
Meanwhile, the data on the health ministry website also stated that while the death toll has risen to 5,33,366, the total number of people who have recuperated from Covid-19 stands at 4,44,76,550.
A sudden spike was observed in the number of daily cases after December 5 due to the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.
Notably, JN.1 sub-variant is a descendant of the Omicron subvariant known as BA.2.86 or Pirola. According to news reports, the first case of the sub-variant was reported in Kerala.
The daily numbers were in lakhs at the peak of the pandemic, which began in early 2020 and has seen more than 4.5 crore people getting infected and over 5.3 lakh deaths in about four years since then across the country.
According to the website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the country.
The active case tally stands at 4,565, as per data on health ministry website on Tuesday morning. The official data reflected two Covid deaths in 24 hours, one each in Karnataka and Haryana.
As per INSACOG’s data updated on Tuesday, a total of 263 cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country so far, with about half of them having been reported in Kerala.
Ten states and UTs have so far detected the presence of the JN.1 sub-variant of the virus. These are Kerala (133), Goa (51), Gujarat (34), Delhi (16), Karnataka (eight), Maharashtra (nine), Rajasthan (five), Tamil Nadu (four), Telangana (two) and Odisha (one), according to INSACOG data.
Meanwhile, the data on the health ministry website also stated that while the death toll has risen to 5,33,366, the total number of people who have recuperated from Covid-19 stands at 4,44,76,550.
A sudden spike was observed in the number of daily cases after December 5 due to the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.
Notably, JN.1 sub-variant is a descendant of the Omicron subvariant known as BA.2.86 or Pirola. According to news reports, the first case of the sub-variant was reported in Kerala.
The daily numbers were in lakhs at the peak of the pandemic, which began in early 2020 and has seen more than 4.5 crore people getting infected and over 5.3 lakh deaths in about four years since then across the country.
According to the website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the country.
