In most countries, respiratory illnesses were perceived to be a more serious problem than Covid.
This comes even as the country is under the grip of the new highly transmissible JN.1 variant with immune escaping features.
Two deaths -- one each from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat -- were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.
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Two new fatalities -- one each from Kerala and Karnataka -- were reported in the span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data. On Wednesday, five deaths were reported, one each from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Punjab, two from Kerala.
The country had recorded 865 new cases on May 19.
JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron, was first detected in August and is currently present in over 40 countries.
India has logged 636 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection have increased to 4,394, the health ministry said on Monday.
Three new fatalities -- one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar -- have been reported in the span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data.
The rising cases of daily Covid-19 infections across the country is said to be majorly driven by the JN.1 sub variant. As of now, the country has reportedly detected about 145 cases of JN.1 variant from eight states.
In the past 24 hours, India has recorded 743 new COVID-19 cases, 54 cases less from Friday, while current number of active cases stands at 3,997.
India on Friday reported 4,091 active Covid cases and five deaths, revealed data from the Union Health Ministry.
If one draws parallels between the patterns, is there any relation between the surge of Covid-19 infections and the month December? Several studies have pointed out that the cold and dry condition provides a habitat to the Covid-19 virus.
All eight Covid patients have been detected in the state in the last eight days.
First detected in Luxembourg in August, JN.1 is currently present in about 41 countries, including India.
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