JN.1.11 has been detected in 245 cases while the rest of the cases were detected in the sub-lineages of JN.1.

The Centre had last month asked the states and Union Territories to maintain a constant vigil amid detection of new variants in the country.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified JN.1 as a separate "variant of interest" given its rapidly-increasing spread, but said it poses a "low" global public health risk.

The JN.1 sub-variant of the coronavirus was previously classified as a variant of interest (VOI) as part of the BA.2.86 sub-lineages, the parent lineage that is classified as a VOI, the world body said.

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