You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed?

Amid concerns surrounding the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech, the developer of Covaxin, underscores its commitment to safety, emphasising that Covaxin was developed with a primary focus on safety first.

AstraZeneca, a prominent player in the global COVID-19 vaccine landscape, has made a significant legal acknowledgment regarding its vaccine's potential side effects.

Two new deaths due to the viral disease — one each from Karnataka and Maharashtra —were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.

"The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 sub-variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a surge in the hospitalisation and mortality," the official source stated.

Of the total active cases, a large majority of these (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.

Since December 5, the daily COVID-19 cases in the country have decreased to double-digits. However, the numbers began to rise again following the emergence of a new variant and the onset of cold weather conditions.

After December 5, the highest single-day rise of 841 new cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which is 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said. Of the 1,764 active cases, a large majority (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.

Karnataka has detected 234 cases of JN.1 sub-variant followed by Andhra Pradesh (189), Maharashtra (170), Kerala (156), West Bengal (96), Goa (90), Tamil Nadu (88) and Gujarat (76).

Three deaths – two from Kerala and one from Maharashtra have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

Of the total active cases, a large majority of these (around 92 per cent) are recovering under home isolation.

Six deaths — three from Karnataka, two from Chhattisgarh and one from Assam — have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated on Tuesday.