Bhubaneswar: Five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Odisha, raising the total number of active coronavirus cases in the state to 13.
Official sources said that all the 13 new patients are showing mild symptoms of COVID-19. They are all undergoing treatment under home isolation and their health condition is stated to be stable.
The state government has already issued an advisory urging several categories of people to use facemasks while going out in view of the emergence of JN.1 variant of Covid-19 in several other states.
The Health and Family Welfare department has already stated that elderly people and those with co-morbidities have been advised to use facemask while going out.
The government has also advised elderly people and those with co-morbidities to avoid visiting crowded places as well.
With cases of new JN.1 variant of COVID-19 being reported in several other states in the country, concerns are being expressed over a spike in Covid cases. However, experts say that it is time to remain alert even though the cases with the new JN.1 variant is mild.
As of Thursday, the highest number of JN.1 Covid cases in India were reported from Kerala. Kerala, the first state to detect the Omicron subvariant, has a total of 78 cases JN.1 variant now.