600-plus covid cases for the second day
NEW DELHI : Covid cases continued to rise, with India reporting 628 fresh cases and one death in the past 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Monday. The active caseload of covid-19 infections rose from 3,742 on Sunday to 4,054 showed ministry data. A death was reported from Kerala, bringing the national fatality toll to 5,33,334.
Other states are also seeing a surge in fresh covid cases. On Sunday, Maharashtra reported 50 new cases, according to a daily bulletin from health department. According to data from the Maharashtra government, out of the fresh cases, nine were diagnosed with JN.1, bringing the total infections linked to the sub-variant in the state to 10—five from Thane city, two from Pune city, and one each from Akola city, rural areas of Pune district, and Sindhudurg district.
One of the Pune residents had recently travelled to the US. As of 24 December , 63 JN.1 covid cases have been reported in India, including 34 cases in Goa, nine in Maharashtra, eight in Karnataka, six in Kerala, four in Tamil Nadu and two in Telangana, according to the Union health ministry. Rajasthan reported 11 fresh covid cases, including seven in Jaipur, and one each in Alwar, Dausa, Kota and Sawai Madhopur districts.
On Sunday, the health ministry had reported a single-day increase of 656 new covid-19 cases in India, and one death. The World Health Organization has issued a statement urging South-East Asian countries to enhance surveillance, and for individuals to adopt protective measures in view of rising numbers of respiratory diseases, including covid and its new sub-variant JN.1, along with influenza. “The covid-19 virus continues to evolve, change, and circulate in all countries globally.
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