According to the Health Ministry, the country's recovery rate was estimated to be 98.81 percent.
Digital Desk: India recorded 335 new instances of COVID-19 infection on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases to 1,701, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The Health Ministry statistics revealed that five deaths were reported, four of them in Kerala alone, the location of the detection of the Covid sub-variant JN. 1, and one in Uttar Pradesh. There were 4.50 crore (4,50,04,816) Covid cases in the nation as a whole.
There were 4.46 crore (4,44,69,799) people who made a full recovery from the virus. According to the Health Ministry, the country's recovery rate was estimated to be 98.81 percent.
The case fatality rate for Covid-19 was 1.19 percent, with 5,33,316 deaths to date.
The COVID-19 vaccination has so far been given out across the nation in 220.67 crore doses, according to the ministry's website.
COVID SUB-VARIANT JN. 1 IN KERALA
As part of an ongoing regular monitoring operation of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a senior official from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday, December 16, that a case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN. 1 had been found in a 79-year-old lady from Kerala.
The case was found on December 8 in an RT-PCR positive sample from Karakulam in the southern state's Thiruvananthapuram district, according to Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Director General of the ICMR.
He further mentioned that on November 18, the sample had shown good results from an RT-PCR. The woman recovered from COVID-19 after experiencing moderate Influenza Like Illness (ILI) symptoms.
The Covid-19 subvariant JN.1 that was found in the state is not a reason for alarm, according to Kerala Health Minister Veena George's statement on Sunday.
George revealed the sub-variant to the public when discussing the new variation, stating that it was found among Indian travellers who were being inspected at Singapore airport a few months ago.
"There is no need to be concerned. It's a sub-variant. It was discovered right here. A few Indians who were checked at the Singapore airport a few months back had this variation found in them. Simply put, genome sequencing in Kerala has allowed them to identify this variation. You shouldn't be concerned. There is careful observation of the issue," she stated.
Still, the state health minister advised individuals to exercise caution and said those with comorbidities should be careful.
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