After reporting 34 cases of JN.1 on December 25, an additional 165 cases from Karnataka are found to be infected with the highly transmissible new sub-variant of Omicron. With this, the total JN.1 cases in the State has now touched 199.
This follows whole genome sequencing (WGS) of 601 samples at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, and NCBS in Bengaluru. As of Monday, of the results of 262 samples that have been received, while 76% have been found to be infected with JN.1, 11% (28) are found to be positive for XBB and the remaining are other variants.
While the district-wise break up of the JN.1 cases was not made available, officials said over 60% are from Bengaluru. In the first lot of 34 JN.1 cases, 20 were from Bengaluru.
