609 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths reported in India
With the detection of the new cases, total Covid caseload rose to 4,50,20,942. It also included the JN.1 Covid variant cases.
With the detection of the new cases, total Covid caseload rose to 4,50,20,942. It also included the JN.1 Covid variant cases.
JN.1, the currently dominant and highly transmissible Covid-19 sub-variant, may result in a bigger wave than the previous ones, according to global experts.
Two JN.1, a sub-variant of Covid-19, cases were reported for the first time in Bengal.
With the addition of the new cases, the overall caseload in the country rose to 4,50,13,908 including the JN.1 Covid variant cases.
Cambodia has detected the first four cases of the new COVID-19 JN.1 variant, which is the "descendant of the highly mutated BA.2.86 lineage," the country's health ministry announced.
There is no real need for booster vaccination, said experts even as JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron variant of Covid, is rapidly spreading in the country.
Of these, Gujarat reported 36 cases, Karnataka 34, Goa 14, Maharashtra nine, Kerala six, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu four each, and Telangana two.
