I think it is at least the sixth this year.
Have a look here for an up-to-date list. They often don’t get announced in ATELs.
Currently TNS[/url] is the main database now but some discoverers still post on the TOCP.
There tend to be several novae a month in M31 but a lot of people are looking for them so it is hard to claim a discovery. George Carey got AT2022eng recently along with Kamil and the Czech team.
