A total of 22 cases of JN.1.1 and nine cases of JN1, the recent coronavirus variants that have become the dominant Covid strain, have been reported from Telangana.

While the testing for Covid infections in Telangana is relatively low, when compared to other States, the latest reports from genomic testing laboratories under India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), have given clear indications that JN.1.1 and JN. 1 variants are dominant.