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A total of 109 cases of the JN.1 subvariant have been detected in India till Wednesday, according to Health Ministry sources.

New Delhi: In a worrying development, the national capital recorded two new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. The Medical Superintendent of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Hospital informed that the reports of the positive cases have been sent for genome sequencing to confirm cases of the subvariant, JN.1. Earlier today, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed that there are currently no new cases of the JN.1 sub-variant of COVID in Delhi after a patient infected with the virus was discharged on Thursday.

“We have increased the number of tests. Yesterday, we conducted 636 tests in private and government hospitals combined. Three genome sequencing results were received yesterday, two of which were old Omicron variants and one JN.1, Minister Bhardwaj said.

The Health Minister reassured the public and emphasized: “The new variant is mild and does not make people seriously ill. Giving details of the patient with the JN.1 variant, he said: “The patient has already been discharged from the hospital and is now healthy.” “We can say that there are currently no patients with the JN.1 variant in Delhi,” he added.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi has issued guidelines for suspected or positive COVID-19 cases to be reported in hospitals following the sudden increase in coronavirus cases in the country.

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Delhi recorded two new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday.
The reports of the positive cases have been sent for genome sequencing to confirm cases of the JN.1 subvariant
India has recorded 692 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases rose by four to 4,097
According to official data, six deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours: two in Maharashtra and one each in Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal.
With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in India since the outbreak in January 2020 has reached 4,50,10,944, with a rise of 702 cases in the last 24 hours.
The total death toll due to COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 5,33,346, reflecting an increase of six deaths in the last 24 hours.
The JN.1 subvariant is a descendant of the Omicron subvariant known as BA.2.86 or Pirola. The first case of the JN.1 variant of COVID-19 was reported in Kerala.
A total of 109 cases of the JN.1 subvariant have been detected in India till Wednesday, according to Health Ministry sources.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified JN.1 as a variant of interest, separate from the parent lineage BA.2.86.
The global health organization emphasized that the overall risk of JN.1 remains low based on current evidence.