
Covid in India Live: Karnataka reports 34 cases of JN.1 infection
34 cases of COVID-19’s variant JN.1 have been detected in Karnataka so far, which include three deaths, the state’s department of health and family welfare services said on Monday.
“Samples of Covid-19 positive cases were tested for the newly reported Omicron variant of Covid-19, i.e., JN.1 at National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru. Genome sequencing results of 60 samples are available as on date, out of 192 samples submitted….Total 34 cases have been detected as JN.1 variant,” the department said.