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511 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 detected

A total of 511 cases of the COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far, with the maximum number recorded in Karnataka, official sources said on Wednesday.

The sources said 199 cases had been reported from Karnataka, 148 from Kerala, 47 from Goa, 36 from Gujarat, 32 from Maharashtra, 26 from Tamil Nadu, 15 from Delhi, four from Rajasthan, two from Telangana, and one each from Odisha and Haryana, respectively.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified JN.1 as a separate "variant of interest" given its rapidly-increasing spread, but said it poses a "low" global public health risk.

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