Corona Resurgence: 5 More Dead, Active Cases Above 4000, Precautions Ignored
New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu)- The number of active cases of Covid in India has crossed four thousand. Kerala has the highest number of active cases of Covid. Data released by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday states that there are currently 4,026 active cases of Covid in the country. Five people have died in the last 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, Kerala has reported the highest number of new cases at 1416. Maharashtra is at the second spot. 494 new cases have been reported from Maharashtra and 397 from Gujarat. According to the Health Ministry, 512 people have also recovered in the last 24 hours. The states where deaths have occurred due to corona include Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bengal and Maharashtra. One person each has died from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, while two people have died from Maharashtra. According to the Health Ministry, two women died in Maharashtra. One of them was 70 years old while the other was 73 years old. They were suffering from diabetes and hypertension. At the same time, a 69-year-old woman died in Tamil Nadu. She was suffering from diabetes and Parkinson's. Apart from this, a 43-year-old woman died in West Bengal. She was also suffering from many diseases. Apart from Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat, a surge in COVID-19 cases has been witnessed in Delhi, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, where the number of infections has reached triple digits.
According to experts, the spread of Omicron's new sub-variant JN.1 has increased concern in the country, which was first found in Kerala. At the same time, it is now spreading to other states as well. This is increasing the infection rate. It is believed that this JN.1 variant of Corona is spreading faster than the rest of the earlier viruses, so the number of patients is increasing. ICMR Director General Dr. Rajiv Bahl had said that genome sequencing of samples taken from West and South India has shown that the new variants are not serious. The new variants include LF.7, XFG, JN.1 and NB.1.8.1.