Amid the threat of JN.1, a new mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in a few States, Karnataka has recorded three deaths in the last one week. This is after a gap of over two months.
All three deaths have been reported in Bengaluru. However, the infecting strain is yet to be established as the Health Department is awaiting genome sequencing reports of their samples.
Of the three deaths, a 76-year-old male, who was hospitalised for SARI (severe acute respiratory infections), battled the illness for over three months. He was admitted to a private hospital on September 12 and died due to aspiration pneumonia on December 17.
