JN.1 COVID-19 India Update: 971 cases reported from 16 states, Madhya Pradesh sees first infection

As many as 971 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in 16 states of India till 11 January.Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday, reported first case of JN.1. A 33-year-old woman from Indore, who was tested positive with the COVID-19 sub-variant on 12 December after returning from Maldives, is said to be cured now and is in home isolation.Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) nodal officer Amit Malakar said the patient had mild symptoms, and one of her family members also tested positive. Her sample was sent for genome sequencing to AIIMS-Bhopal.“We have received the report of only one sample,” Malakar added.According to data compiled by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) Karnataka has reported maximum number of JN.1 cases, followed by Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa.Cases of JN.1 COVID-19 sub-variant have also been reported from Telangana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Haryana, Odisha, West Bengal and Uttarakhand.India COVID-19 updateAccording to a report by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), on Friday morning, India recorded 609 new cases of COVID-19 in a 24-hour period.There are now 3,368 active COVID-19 cases in India.The virus has claimed lives of six more people in a span of 24 hours, three from West Bengal, two from Kerala, and one from Karnataka. The country's death toll due to COVID-19 has now increased to 5,33,412.With inputs from agencies