12 new Covid cases detected in North East,6 Cases detected in Assam, 4 in Sikkim & 2 in Mizoram

With a surge in Covid 19 positive cases in the nation, 12 new Covid cases have been detected from the Northeastern States. According to Covid 19 state wise status issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Family Welfare, Government of India, 6 new Covid 19 positive cases have been detected in Assam. On the other hand Sikkim has also recorded 4 new Covid positive cases and Mizoram recorded 2 new Covid 19 Positive cases. Earlier Arunachal Pradesh recorded 3 Covid cases including a pregnant woman which according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have presently tested negative.
Significantly there has been a surge in Covid 19 positive cases in India
The total number of active Covid-19 cases in India on Tuesday stood at 4026, wherein 65 new cases were added to the tally and 5 new deaths were reported from across the country, as per the official data from the ministry of health and family welfare
1 Covid related death has been reported in Kerala,2 in Maharashtra, 1 in Tamil Nadu and 1 in West Bengal in the last 24 hours.
While multiple countries are now reporting a fresh spike in Covid infections, the fatality rate remains low. Most of the people who are Covid-19 positive are displaying mild symptoms. One of the main reasons why cases are spiking is that the protection from vaccination or past infection decreases with time, leaving individuals more vulnerable to reinfection. Like other viruses, SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate. Some of these new variants may spread more easily or evade immunity to a greater extent, triggering fresh surges.
A new Covid-19 subvariant, has been detected in India. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution has designated this variant as ‘Variant Under Monitoring’ — one with significant changes in virus characteristics but whose epidemiological impact remains unclear. At least one sample of this variant has been submitted to India’s Covid-19 genome sequencing consortium INSACOG from Tamil Nadu. A majority of the samples sequenced in India over the last couple of weeks were BA.2 and JN.1 variants.