Covid: 5 More Covid Positives Detected; Count Reaches 13

Bhubaneswar, Dec 29: The number of Covid positives is rising rapidly with five more cases detected today. With this, the number of active cases has risen to 13.

The number has multiplied in just a weeks' time. The first Covid case was reported in Odisha last Saturday,.

The India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora asserted that various subvariants of Omicron variant have been reported but none of them have increased severity.

"Every week you hear something new coming up in different parts and then it spreads all over India. We have identified a large number of subvariants, over 400 subvariants, or mutations of this virus, and fortunately, none of these Omicron variants have really been associated with more severe disease or hospitalisation," he said.

He explained the major symptoms of JN.1, highlighting that they are similar to those of other subvariants.

"Symptoms are very similar on the basis that one cannot differentiate JN.1 from other subvariants of Omicron like fever, nasal discharge and cough. There can be occasional diarrhoea and severe body aches, and usually they recover in two to five days," the doctor outlined.