According to INSACOG data, one more case of the COVID-19 XBB 1.5 strain, which was the cause of the rise in cases in the United States, has been found in India, bringing the total number of such cases in the country to eight.
According to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, the strain was detected in Uttarakhand during the previous 24 hours, following the identification of three cases in Gujarat and one case each in Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan (INSACOG).
The XBB.1.5 strain is related to the Omicron XBB variant, which is a recombinant of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants. Instances of XBB and XBB.1.5 make up 44% of the total in the US. Nine instances of the BF.7 strain, which is thought to be responsible for China’s coronavirus pandemic, were also identified, according to the INSACOG data.
Four instances of the Omicron sub-variant BF.7 have been reported in West Bengal, two each in Gujarat and Haryana, and one in Odisha.
INSACOG reports SARS-CoV-2 genomic monitoring across the nation utilising sample sequencing from sentinel sites and foreign visitors entering India.
India Covid-19 Tally
In a Monday update, the Union Health Ministry noted 170 new coronavirus infections in India over the previous 24 hours. The number of active cases in the nation has decreased to 2,371, and there have been 530,721 deaths and 4,46,80,094 reported cases since the pandemic started in 2020.
The recovery rate has increased to 98.80%, and active cases make up 0.01% of all infections, according to the health ministry.
Karnataka now has 223 active cases, Kerala 1,369 active cases, Maharashtra 125, Odisha 91 cases, Rajasthan 68 active cases, Tamil Nadu 65 active cases, Uttar Pradesh 26 active cases, and West Bengal 56 active cases.
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