India is currently experiencing a rise in Covid-19 cases, with the total number of active cases nearing 6,500. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 6,491 active cases across the country.
Kerala is the worst-affected state, reporting 1,957 active cases and seven new infections in the last 24 hours. A new Covid variant called XFG, which is a descendant of the Omicron subvariant, has been detected in India. This variant was first identified in Canada and has mutations that help it spread quickly and avoid the body’s immune response.
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) reported 163 cases of the XFG variant, mostly in Maharashtra (89 cases), followed by Tamil Nadu (16), Kerala (15), Gujarat (11), and six cases each in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal.
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Besides Kerala, other states with a high number of active Covid cases include Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Haryana. Although no deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, a total of 65 deaths have been recorded since January 1, 2025, across several states including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Delhi.
