NEW DELHI: India has reported 602 fresh cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday showed. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), under the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported five deaths due to Covid in 24 hours in India. A total of 511 cases of the JN.1 variant have been reported from 11 states till January 2.
The active caseload declined to 4,440, with a drop of 125 since Tuesday.
“A total of 511 cases of the JN.1 series variant have been reported from 11 states till January 2, 2024. Karnataka has reported 199 cases of the sub-variant. Kerala has reported 148 cases. 47 cases have been reported from Goa, 36 from Gujarat, 32 from Maharashtra,” the health ministry stated on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu has reported 26 cases of JN.1 sub-variant. Delhi has reported 15 cases, and 4 cases have been reported from Rajasthan.
Telangana has reported two cases. Odisha and Haryana have reported one case each.
The total number of Covid cases stood at 4,50,15,136, the ministry data also showed.
With 722 recoveries in 24 hours, the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease stood at 4,44,77,272.
State-wise distribution indicated 2 deaths in Kerala in the last 24 hours. The deceased has been identified as a 66-year-old male with Chronic Liver Disease, Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and Sepsis and a 79-year-old female with coronary artery disease (CAD), T2DM, and Sepsis.
Karnataka reported one Covid death in the last 24 hours. A 45-year-old male with hypertension (HTN) from Vijayanagar lost his life due to Covid.
Punjab reported one Covid death. The deceased has been identified as a 62-year-old male with Pulmonary Kochs, Lung injury, and MODS.
Tamil Nadu reported one death due to Covid in the last 24 hours. A 74-year male with Interstitial Lung Disease, CAD, DM, and hypertension lost his life.
In Bihar reconciliation of mortality figures is ongoing. Odisha has reported 27 active cases on Tuesday.
As many as 32,946 tests were done on January 2 in the country, the ICMR reported.
Further reconciliation of mortality figures is ongoing.
On the JN.1 sub-variant of Covid, senior consultant of respiratory medicine at Apollo Hospital, Dr Rajesh Chawla, said, “It spreads very fast. This is a variant of omicron, so it is likely to spread very fast. And gradually it is going to replace the other variants and become the predominant variant. JN.1 is a mild COVID virus and just like in Omicron, you did not see many patients of severe variety and only a few patients had severe disease, in the same way JN.1 is of mild variety. The symptoms in this include runny nose, cough, fatigue, pain in the throat and voice becoming hoarse while some people may suffer from diarrhoea.”
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified JN.1 as a variant of interest, distinct from its parent lineage BA.2.86. However, the global health body emphasised that the overall risk posed by JN.1 remains low based on current evidence.
(With agency inputs)
The active caseload declined to 4,440, with a drop of 125 since Tuesday.
“A total of 511 cases of the JN.1 series variant have been reported from 11 states till January 2, 2024. Karnataka has reported 199 cases of the sub-variant. Kerala has reported 148 cases. 47 cases have been reported from Goa, 36 from Gujarat, 32 from Maharashtra,” the health ministry stated on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu has reported 26 cases of JN.1 sub-variant. Delhi has reported 15 cases, and 4 cases have been reported from Rajasthan.
Telangana has reported two cases. Odisha and Haryana have reported one case each.
The total number of Covid cases stood at 4,50,15,136, the ministry data also showed.
With 722 recoveries in 24 hours, the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease stood at 4,44,77,272.
State-wise distribution indicated 2 deaths in Kerala in the last 24 hours. The deceased has been identified as a 66-year-old male with Chronic Liver Disease, Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and Sepsis and a 79-year-old female with coronary artery disease (CAD), T2DM, and Sepsis.
Karnataka reported one Covid death in the last 24 hours. A 45-year-old male with hypertension (HTN) from Vijayanagar lost his life due to Covid.
Punjab reported one Covid death. The deceased has been identified as a 62-year-old male with Pulmonary Kochs, Lung injury, and MODS.
Tamil Nadu reported one death due to Covid in the last 24 hours. A 74-year male with Interstitial Lung Disease, CAD, DM, and hypertension lost his life.
In Bihar reconciliation of mortality figures is ongoing. Odisha has reported 27 active cases on Tuesday.
As many as 32,946 tests were done on January 2 in the country, the ICMR reported.
Further reconciliation of mortality figures is ongoing.
On the JN.1 sub-variant of Covid, senior consultant of respiratory medicine at Apollo Hospital, Dr Rajesh Chawla, said, “It spreads very fast. This is a variant of omicron, so it is likely to spread very fast. And gradually it is going to replace the other variants and become the predominant variant. JN.1 is a mild COVID virus and just like in Omicron, you did not see many patients of severe variety and only a few patients had severe disease, in the same way JN.1 is of mild variety. The symptoms in this include runny nose, cough, fatigue, pain in the throat and voice becoming hoarse while some people may suffer from diarrhoea.”
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified JN.1 as a variant of interest, distinct from its parent lineage BA.2.86. However, the global health body emphasised that the overall risk posed by JN.1 remains low based on current evidence.
(With agency inputs)
