Covid-19 HIGHLIGHTS: Two Cases Of Sub-Variant JN.1 Detected In Odisha
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Two Cases Of Covid-19 Sub-Variant JN.1 Detected In Odisha
Two cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in Odisha, a senior official said on Thursday.
The two cases were detected in Sundargarh and Bhubaneswar, Director of Health Services Bijay Kumar Mohapatra said, adding that the health conditions of both patients are stable.
"Samples of 28 people who were found to be COVID-positive were sent for genome sequencing and of them, two were found to be infected with the JN.1 variant," he said.
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A 63-year-old woman, who had tested positive for Covid, succumbed to the virus during treatment at SGPGIMS, as reported by news agency IANS. The woman died on Wednesday. This marks the first Covid-related death among patients in the state this year.
Dr Manoj Agrawal, chief medical officer (CMO) of Lucknow, shared details of the patient’s medical condition, stating, “The patient was suffering from acute kidney injury (stage 3) along with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, morbid obesity, severe sepsis, type-2 respiratory failure, and Covid pneumonia,” as quoted by IANS.
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