Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday stated the nationwide capital’s Covid positivity rate is round 1 per cent and harassed that individuals ought to, as an alternative of panicking, comply with precautions in the course of the winter competition season. Genome sequencing of samples testing optimistic for COVID-19 has been ramped up, he stated. “The report of genome sequencing is awaited,” Bharadwaj added.

Talking concerning the state of affairs in Delhi, he stated 400 checks are being performed on daily basis and the positivity charge is round 1 per cent.

Bharadwaj reiterated that the brand new JN.1 sub-variant of the Omicron strain just isn’t life-threatening.

“The new variants are not dangerous but people should not become lax and (they must) follow precautions. People should not panic and think that the virus is spreading and people are dying. But people should be cautious during this time of the festival season,” he added.

With six extra samples testing optimistic for JN.1, the variety of infections of the brand new COVID-19 sub-variant reported within the nation has risen to 69, official sources stated on Tuesday.

Most of those sufferers are in residence isolation and there was no enhance in hospitalisation charges, they stated.

India recorded a single-day rise of 412 contemporary COVID-19 circumstances whereas the lively caseload has risen to 4,170, the Union well being ministry stated on Tuesday.

The JN.1 (BA.2.86.1.1) emerged in August in Luxembourg and is a descendant of the BA.2.86 lineage (Pirola) of SARS-CoV-2.