Covid situation not alarming, 22 of 36 infected with JN.1 recovered at home: Health minister
Addressing mediapersons in Gandhinagar, Patel said Gujarat currently has 66 active cases of Covid-19 – 47 in Ahmedabad, 10 in Rajkot, four in Gandhinagar, and one each in Dahod, Gir Somnath, Kutch, Morbi and Sabarkantha districts.
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Of the 844 tests conducted on Wednesday across Gujarat, Patel said, only 14 samples were found to be infected.
The Covid-19 situation in Gujarat is not alarming as 22 of the 36 patients infected with sub-variant JN.1 so far have already recovered during home isolation, Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said on Thursday.
Addressing mediapersons in Gandhinagar, Patel said Gujarat currently has 66 active cases of Covid-19 – 47 in Ahmedabad, 10 in Rajkot, four in Gandhinagar, and one each in Dahod, Gir Somnath, Kutch, Morbi and Sabarkantha districts. “Of the 66 infected, only two are hospitalised,” Patel said.
He further said that the state performs genome sequencing in every positive case and shares the details with Delhi for confirmation. “Last week, we performed genome sequencing of all the positive samples and sent a report to Delhi for confirmation to ascertain the variant. As per the report we received (from Delhi) yesterday, 36 people were found infected with JN.1 variant. Of these, 22 have already recovered during home isolation, while 14 are still under home isolation,” he said.
“There is no need to panic. People just need to take extra precautions. The Covid-19
situation in Gujarat is not alarming. Since we perform genome sequencing of each and every positive patient, cases of JN.1 variant are higher in Gujarat in comparison to other states,” Patel added.
Of the 844 tests conducted on Wednesday across Gujarat, Patel said, only 14 samples were found to be infected.
In the entire December month so far, the government has conducted 8,426 Covid-19 tests and detected 99 infections, which shows a positive rate of just 0.86 per cent, he added.
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