Thane logs five cases of COVID-19 JN.1 variant
Thane city has reported five cases of JN.1 variant of coronavirus out of 20 samples tested since November 30, an official said on Sunday.
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Thane city has reported five cases of JN.1 variant of coronavirus out of 20 samples tested since November 30, an official said on Sunday.
With three waves clustered between December and March, experts analyse what this means for severity of infection.
A few recent deaths because of comorbidities along with COVID infection, too were found to be infected by JN.1, he said, the new sub-variant's infection spread is neither surprising or a sudden development, and asked people not to worry, but to be cautious and take precautions.
Karnataka Department of Health & Family Welfare Services said 34 cases of COVID-19's variant JN.1 have been detected in the state so far.
As of Friday, CDC data estimates indicate that the quickly spreading variant is now causing almost half of infections nationwide.