Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: India logs 656 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death in 24 hours

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: Kerala reported 128 fresh COVID-19 infections and one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to data on the Union Health Ministry website on Sunday.

Of the 334 active coronavirus infections reported nationwide till 8 am today, 128 were from Kerala, taking the active cases in the state to 3,000, as per the website.

With one death reported in the state, the total number of people who have died due to coronavirus in Kerala since its outbreak three years ago reached 72,063.

The number of people who were cured, discharged, or migrated in the last 24 hours after being diagnosed with the infection stood at 296. With that, the total number of cases under this category rose to 68,38,282 till date.

On Tuesday, Health Minister Veena George reassured the people of the state that despite the rise in COVID cases in Kerala, there is no cause for alarm. The hospitals are adequately equipped to manage virus infections, she said.  (PTI)

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: Odisha logged one Covid-19 case in the past 24 hours, a health department official said on Sunday.

"So far two Covid-19 cases have been reported in the state. Both the patients are under home isolation and their health parameters are normal," director of public health Niranjan Mishra told PTI.

Samples of both the patients will be sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) for genome sequencing to ascertain the presence of JN1 variant, he said.

On Saturday, the state health department had advised elderly persons and those with comorbidities to wear masks while going out and avoid visiting crowded places.

India saw a single-day rise of 656 Covid infections while the active cases have increased to 3,742, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. (PTI)

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: India saw a single-day rise of 656 Covid infections while the active cases have increased to 3,742, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

The death toll was recorded at 5,33,333 with one new death reported from Kerala in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The country's Covid case tally is 4.50 crore (4,50,08,620).

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,44,71,545, and the national recovery rate stands at 98.81 per cent, according to the health ministry's website.

The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent.

According to the ministry's website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the country so far. (PTI)

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: According to central government data, 656 new Covid cases were registered in past 24 hours, with one fatality. 
 

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: As of Saturday morning, the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed 12 new instances in 24 hours.The overall number of active cases has risen to 44. Gujarat ranks sixth in terms of active cases, below Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.
 

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: The Health Ministry's latest report indicates that there are already 3,742 active COVID-19 cases in India, and that figure is expected to approach 4,000 in the near future.

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: On Covid-19 new variant Jn.1, former AIIMS Director and Senior Pulmonologist Dr Randeep Guleria says, " It is more transmissible, it is spreading more rapidly, it is gradually becoming a dominant variant....it is causing more infections but the data also suggests that it is not causing severe infections and hospitalisation. Most of the symptoms are predominantly of the upper airways like fever, cough, cold, sore throat, running nose and body aches..."

Covid 19 JN.1 LIVE updates: “I would say that prevention is necessary for all people over the age of 60, those who are likely to have comorbidities, and those who are on drugs that suppress our immunity, such as cancer patients. If they have not taken precautions thus far, they are recommended to do so; otherwise, there is no need for any extra dosages," says Dr. NK Arora of the India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).