India has reported a total of 22 cases of Covid-19 subvariant JN.1 so far, forcing health departments to take necessary precautions to prevent the virus from spreading. However, according to officials, there have been no reports of clustering of cases till now, and all the cases of the JN.1 subvariant have mild symptoms.
In view of the sudden spike in cases in several states, the Centre on Friday directed states to send samples of all Covid positive test swabs for whole genome sequencing to identify the set of mutations.
India recorded 640 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours on Friday, taking the active tally to 2,997. The total death toll was recorded at 5,33,328 with one death from Kerala. The country’s Covid case tally is at 4.5 crore.
