Odisha reports two cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1, detected in Sundargarh and Bhubaneswar. One patient recovered; the other is under care. Samples are sent for genome sequencing among 28 positive cases. Health Director Bijay Kumar Mohapatra assured testing per guidelines, noting one patient's Kerala travel history. Nationally, 760 new cases were recorded with two deaths (Kerala, Karnataka) in the last 24 hours, reducing active cases to 4,423. India's total COVID count now stands at 4,50,15,896 with a death toll of 5,33,373.
