COVID-19 Surge: India records 761 new cases, 12 deaths in 24 Hours

• In the last 24 hours, India reported 761 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths
• Kerala recorded the highest number of deaths with 5, followed by Karnataka with 4, Maharashtra with 2, and Uttar Pradesh with 1
• Maharashtra detected 78 cases of the new variant JN.1

The increasing cases of Corona in the country are once again scary. According to the Union Health Ministry, 761 Corona patients have been found in the country in the last 24 hours and 12 people have died. At present the number of active cases of Corona in the country is 4334. Whereas in Kerala, the maximum number of 5 people have died due to Corona, while in Karnataka, 4 infected people have died. At the same time, 2 people in Maharashtra and 1 in UP have died due to coronavirus.

The most dangerous situation is in Karnataka, 298 new cases of Corona have been found in this state. There is also news of death of 4 people due to Corona in the last 24 hours. The most worrying thing is that the Corona positivity rate in the state also increased from 3.46 percent to 3.82 percent on Thursday.

The Health Department said that out of 298 new cases, 172 were from Bengaluru alone. Now there are a total of 704 active cases here. 19 cases have been found in Hassan district of Karnataka, 18 in Mysuru, and 11 in Dakshina Kannada. At the same time, 8 cases have been reported from Chamarajanagar, while 6-3 new cases have been found in Ballari and Koppala. 5-5 active cases were found in Tumkuru, Vijayanagar and Chikkamagaluru.

More patients of the new variant in Maharashtra, After Karnataka, cases are increasing in Maharashtra also. On Thursday, 78 cases of Corona's new variant JN.1 were found. Center alert regarding increasing cases of Corona Due to the increase in the number of Covid cases and the detection of the JN.1 sub-variant, the Central Government has instructed the States and Union Territories to maintain constant surveillance. Also, because of the spread of Corona, new guidelines are being issued from time to time by the Union Health Ministry.