India logs 1,378 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1: INSACOG

A total of 1,378 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been recorded in the country so far with Manipur becoming the latest state to have detected its presence, according to INSACOG on Friday. 

Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of variant cases at 320 followed by Karnataka at 234.

Andhra Pradesh recorded 189 JN.1 cases while Kerala registered 156 cases of the variant.

West Bengal recorded 96 JN.1 cases, Goa (90), Tamil Nadu (89) and Gujarat (76).

Rajasthan has recorded 37 JN.1 cases, Telangana recorded 32, Chhattisgarh 25, Delhi 16, Uttar Pradesh seven, Haryana five, Odisha three, and Uttarakhand, Manipur and Nagaland one each, according to the data accessed by PTI.