AHMEDABAD: The state has 15 active Covid-19 cases, the state health department said on Thursday. Department officials, however, told people not to panic as the current variant is less severe.All patients are being treated at home, they said.Dr Nilam Patel, additional director (public health), said Gujarat currently has 15 active cases of the JN.1 variant of Covid-19, which comes from the Omicron family, first discovered in Aug 2023, he said. “Of the active cases in Gujarat, 13 are in Ahmedabad city and one each is Ahmedabad rural and Rajkot city. These cases are of the Omicron JN.1 variant, which is less severe. It is not a matter of great concern for Gujarat or India at this point,” Patel told reporters . “Since this coronavirus variant is less severe, none of these 15 patients needed hospitalisation. They being treated in home isolation,” he added.KEY HIGHLIGHTS