COVID-19 subvariant XBB 1.16 cases rise in India; guidelines revised
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The Centre has issued revised guidelines amid the continuous daily COVID-19 case spike in the country. On Monday, India witnessed a single-day rise of 918 coronavirus cases and four deaths, while active cases rose to 6,350, the Union Health Ministry data revealed. Experts blamed the recent spike on the newly discovered XBB 1.16 subvariant but said there had been no alarming trend so far.