As India logged 702 new COVID-19 cases and reported six deaths in the last 24 hours, Dr Dhiren Gupta, Senior Pediatrician, Sir Gangaram Hospital said that currently, most patients requiring hospitalisation are of Influenza and Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The national capital has reported two fresh cases of COVID-19, said the Medical Superintendent of All India Institue of Medical Science (AIIMS) hospital.
India recorded 692 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total active caseload increased by four, reaching 4,097, according to Union Health Ministry data.
According to the Public Health Department of Maharashtra, 80,23,456 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after full recovery, of which 14 were discharged on Wednesday.
Amid the upswing in COVID-19 cases in India , speaking to ANI, Dr. Shekhar C Mande , former DG, CSIR and Distinguished Professor, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, said surveillance should be done not only for COVID-19 cases but also for other diseases.
Telangana on Monday reported 10 COVID-19 cases when 989 samples were tested in the state, said a COVID status bulletin released by the state government.
Maharashtra on Monday recorded 28 new cases of COVID-19 and atleast 10 cases of the JN.1 variant have been reported in the state to date, said the health department.
Amid the JN.1 scare, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 50 new COVID-19 cases, of which nine cases of the JN.1 variant were reported, marking a total of 10 new variants in the state.
Rajasthan has reported 11 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The state has witnessed seven cases in Jaipur and one each in the Alwar, Kota, Dausa and Sawai Madhopur districts, according to an official statement issued by the state health department.
"With the emergence of the JN1 COVID variant, the Odisha government has advised the elderly and those with co-morbidities to wear facemasks while going out and avoid visiting crowded places," the Odisha Health & Family Welfare Department said in a post on 'X'.