Covid update: 109 JN.1 cases in India, Karnataka home isolation mandate. Check state advisories, symptoms, and more

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Gujarat records highest number of JN.1 variant cases As per Health Ministry sources, with 109 JN.1 COVID variant cases, as many as 36 cases were reported from Gujarat, 34 from Karnataka, 14 from Goa, 9 from Maharashtra, six from Kerala, four from Rajasthan, four from Tamil Nadu and two from Telangana, the sources said. 2. Delhi reports 1st JN.1 sub-variant case Amid rising COVID-19 cases across India, Delhi on Wednesday reported its first case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1, officials were quoted as saying to PTI.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said out of the three samples sent for genome sequencing, one is COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 and the other two cases are of Omicron. AIIMS Delhi has issued guidelines for Covid-19 suspected or positive cases. As per the policy on COVID-19 testing, directed by the management, testing will be done for patients with SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) for symptoms with acute respiratory, 12 beds in the C6 ward will be earmarked for hospitalization of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the memorandum said.

In Lady Hardinge Hospital, 48 beds has been reserved for Covid patients. Additionally, 6 ICU beds and a ward with 30 beds have also been reserved for Covid patients in the new building of Lady Hardinge Hospital. 3.

Gurugram District Magistrate ordered hospitals to set up isolation wards Two more cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in Gurugram on Wednesday, taking the total number of active cases to 10. Gurugram District Magistrate Nishant Kumar Yadav on Wednesday ordered hospitals to set up isolation wards, a dedicated section within each ICU, and a separate OPD for patients having Covid symptoms. A distinct area within the OPD of every hospital is to be