According to the Union Health Ministry, 335 new Covid-19 infections were reported in India on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases to 1,701. According to data from the Health Ministry, five deaths were reported: four in Kerala alone, where the Covid sub-variant JN.1 was found, and one in Uttar Pradesh. The nation’s total Covid caseload was 4.50 crore (4,50,04,816).

This brought the total number of individuals who recovered from the infection to 4.46 crore (4,44,69,799). The Health Ministry reported that the country’s recovery rate was estimated to be 98.81 percent. With 5,33,316 deaths from Covid-19 to date, the case fatality rate was 1.19 percent.

On the ministry’s website, it states that the nation has already received 220.67 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

COVID SUB-VARIANT JN.1 IN KERALA

A senior official from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced on Saturday, December 16, that a case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 has been identified in a 79-year-old woman from Kerala as part of an ongoing routine surveillance activity of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Director General of the ICMR, stated that the case was found in an RT-PCR positive sample from Karakulam in the Thiruvananthapuram district of the southern state on December 8. On November 18, the sample had shown positive results from an RT-PCR, he said. The woman recovered from COVID-19 after experiencing mild Influenza Like Illness (ILI) symptoms.

On November 18, the sample had shown positive results from an RT-PCR, he said. The woman recovered from COVID-19 after experiencing mild Influenza Like Illness (ILI) symptoms. Kerala Health Minister Veena George stated on Sunday that there was no reason to be concerned about the Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1 that was found in the region.