Covid Update: India logs 614 new Covid cases, highest since May 21; 3 deaths in Kerala | Oneindia

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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.

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