India registers 1,805 new COVID cases, 932 recoveries in last 24 hours https://ift.tt/oht4xQ5

As per experts, the rise in COVID cases is happening most likely due to the newly-detected COVID XBB 1.16 variant. The XBB 1.16 variant was first identified in January when two samples tested positive, and in February, a total of 59 samples were found. So far on March 15, 2023, more samples of the variant have been detected. The number of COVID XBB 1.16 variant cases detected in India is the highest across the world. Experts believe that this new COVID variant is triggering a fifth wave of the pandemic.

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