6 Covid deaths in a day, a 7-month high

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on December 21, 2023
India on Thursday reported six Covid deaths — three from Kerala, two from Karnataka and one from Punjab — and 594 new cases. This is the highest daily count in seven months since May. Top officials in the health ministry said the Covid deaths are being reported mostly among people suffering from serious illness. “Covid-19...

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Published on December 20, 2023 -  03:04
Covid Update: India logs 614 new Covid cases, highest since May 21; 3 deaths in Kerala | Oneindia
Following the identification of the initial case of the Coronavirus sub-variant JN.1 in Kerala, several states in the country have witnessed a rise in Covid cases. Insacog, the central government's consortium of laboratories, has detected 19 sequences of the JN.1 sub-variant, a descendant of BA.2.86 - one in Maharashtra and 18 in Goa. India recorded its highest daily count of new coronavirus infections since May 21, with 614 reported cases, as per the updated data from the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. The active cases have surged to 2,311. The death toll reached 5,33,321, including three deaths reported from Kerala in the past 24 hours. #JN1Variant #WHOAlert #IndiaCovidCases #CovidNewCasesIndia #IndiaHighestCovidCases #COVID19Update #VariantOfInterest #GlobalHealth #VaccineEfficacy #PublicHealthSafety #GenomeSequencing #PandemicResponse #JN1Spread #HealthSecurity #VirusVariant #CDCAdvisory #InfectiousDisease #StayInformed ~PR.152~ED.155~GR.122~HT.96~

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