New Delhi:India recorded a single-day rise of 628 new COVID-19 cases while the active caseload jumped to 4,054, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The total fatalities were recorded at 5,33,334 (5.33 lakh) with one new death reported from Kerala in the previous 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The country’s Covid case tally is currently at 4,50,09,248 (4.50 crore).
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has risen to 4,44,71,860 (4.44 crore) while the national recovery rate stands at 98.81 per cent, according to the health ministry website.
The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry website, 220.67 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said about 35 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the state so far.
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.
“We will share the detailed information tomorrow, exact figures, along with the breakup, as we have the COVID related cabinet sub-committee meeting. According to the report we have got, there are around 35 JN.1 positive cases in the state,” Rao said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, most of the cases are in Bengaluru, along with places like Mysuru among others.
“This was expected, as JN.1 is most prevalent and is spreading across the world now. The WHO, central government and the state government has been speaking about JN.1 infections…we had information about JN.1 infections, but for confirmation genome sequencing was done and through that we have come to know about 35 cases,” he said, adding that the exact ratio and details will be shared later.

Press Trust of India