COVID cases are increasing in the country. As on the second day of the new year, a total of 312 cases of COVID due to the rapdily spreading JN.1 variant was detected in the country out of which Delhi has reported 16 cases. The national capital had reported its first case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 last week.
47% of the JN.1 variant cases have been reported from Kerala, where the first case of this variant was identified on December 8.