Confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in India have risen sharply recently, with more than 300 new cases in the past 24 hours, and multiple people infected with JN1 variant, 6 deaths, the Ministry of Health has begun to strengthen monitoring of the spread.
According to the Ministry of Health, 358 new cases of COVID-19 and six deaths were reported across India in the 24 hours as of 8am todayYesterday, the number of new cases in India reached 614, the highest since May 21 this year.
There are currently 2,669 positive COVID-19 cases across India, with most of the new cases coming from the southwestern province of Kerala, which was also the first to detect JN in India1. Provinces of variants. A 79-year-old woman from the province of Clera was tested positive for JN. in early December1, but she's already **.
Genetic sequencing analysis by the laboratory of the Indian Novel Coronavirus Genetic Joint Agency (INSACOG), a research institute in India, has shown that at least 20 people in India have been infected with JN1, but there was no cluster infection. Some experts said that many provinces have stopped sending samples to INSACOG since May this year, so the actual jn1 Cases may be more.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on the 19th will be JnThe 1 variant is classified as a variant of interest, but the current evidence suggests that JN1. The risk to public health is not high. Despite this, India** is still on the lookout, and Health Minister Mansukh Mand**iya met yesterday to ask provincial health *** to increase testing and send case samples to Insacog for further analysis to observe the epidemic trend. Mandavia has also instructed public hospitals to conduct drills every three months so that they have adequate capacity to respond in the event of an outbreak.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the cumulative number of ** cases in India has reached 44.47 million 576, accounting for 98 of the total confirmed cases81%；The number of deaths was 533,327, accounting for 118%, with a cumulative total of nearly 2,206.78 million doses. Thanks to the prevailing vaccination rate, experts believe that although jn1 It is highly contagious, but it does not lead to an explosion in hospitalization. Covid