Bhubaneswar: The total number of active COVID cases in Odisha rose to 26 on Friday with the detection of a fresh case during the last 24 hours. Two of these patients have been infected by JN.1, a sub-variant of Omicron.
The condition of all the patients is said to be stable and 25 of them are undergoing treatment in home isolation. Only one patient with comorbidities has been admitted to the hospital.
Meanwhile, 4,334 fresh COVID cases have been detected across the country in the last 24 hours. Kerala reported 215 new COVID cases – the highest in the country.
Altogether, 12 patients have succumbed to their infection during the period. While five deaths have been reported from Kerala, four patients died in Karnataka, two in Maharashtra, and one in Uttar Pradesh.
