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India Reports 1,010 Active COVID-19 Cases as JN.1 Variant Drives Renewed Uptick

Hospitals have been instructed to prepare beds, oxygen supplies, essential medicines, with staff on alert in states facing the largest caseloads.

District authorities have confirmed the operational readiness of seven oxygen plants at government hospitals.
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Overview

  • As of May 27, India recorded 1,010 active COVID-19 cases, up sharply since mid-May and linked to the Omicron-derived JN.1 variant.
  • Kerala leads all states with 430 active infections, while Maharashtra added 86 new cases and six deaths on May 28.
  • Delhi has 104 active cases with 19 patients hospitalized after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the situation remains under control.
  • Chandigarh saw its first COVID-19 fatality in the current wave when a 40-year-old patient from Firozabad died at the GMCH isolation ward.
  • The Health Ministry and WHO are monitoring emerging subvariants and have urged hospitals to ready beds, oxygen supplies and essential medicines for any further rise.