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Coronavirus Omicron Highlights | India's active caseload currently stands at 9,55,319 with its recovery rate at 96.01 percent. The country recorded 60,405 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking its total recoveries to 3,46,30,536. India recorded 1,94,720 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, confirmed cases of Omicron rose to 4,868.
Kerala clocked fresh COVID-19 cases with the state reporting 9,066 new infections, which raised the caseload to 52,91,280. The state had reported 5,797 cases a day earlier.
Tamil Nadu reported 15,379 new cases, up from Monday’s 13,990. Similarly, Kerala registered a sharp rise in its daily cases, reporting 9,066 new infections.
Karnataka announced an extension in the state-wide COVID-19 restrictions till the end of January, on the day it reported 14,473 new cases. Delhi, too, introduced fresh curbs, making work from home in private offices compulsory. However it barred those in the exempted category. The national capital on January 11 reported 21,259 new cases and 23 fatalities. Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases rose over 29 percent in a single day to 2,837 in Assam, highest since June 22 last year
Maharashtra, meanwhile, recorded 34,424 new cases. However, Mumbai, continued its downward spiral, registering 11,647 cases on January 11.
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Vaccination centres will be opened for the adolescent age group - those aged between 15 and 18 - in schools of the national capital where health clinics are operational, the Delhi government said on January 12.
imed at curtailing mobilisation of people from various districts for Congress' ongoing padayatra, theKarnatakagovernment on Wednesday prohibited inter district andintra district(within Ramanagara), movement of vehicles and persons for participating in it, with immediate effect. (PTI)
The test positivity rate in poll-bound Punjab has surged to 18.77 percent, as the state reported 6,481 new COVID-19 cases on January 12. The active caseload has climbed to 26,721.
Jammu and Kashmir reports 1,695 new cases, 812 from Jammu & 883 from Kashmir in the last 24 hours. Theactive cases in the UT are 6,242.
Indian Council of Medical Research’s COVID-19 National Task Force has decidednotto include antiviral drugMolnupiravirin the clinical management protocol for COVID-19 due to safety concerns, as of now, Union Health Ministry said on January 12.The ministry said that after trials and discussions it has been found thatMolnupiravirwas not of much benefit inCOVID-19treatment since the drug has risks and warrants caution in use.Efforts should be made to restrict its use as the known and unknown harms far outweigh its claimed benefits, the ministry said.
OdishaFC’s first-choice goalkeeperKamaljitSingh tested positive forCOVID-19moments before the team’s match against Kerala Blasters on Wednesday in a another setback to the Indian Super League’s bio-secure bubble here.“Kamaljithas tested positive but the match is on as per schedule as the rest of the players have tested negative in the team. We have our reserve goalkeeper (ArshdeepSingh) ready,” sources close to the development toldPTIhere.He further saidKamaljithad developed symptoms and was immediately isolated.OFC’slast match againstATKMohunBaganon Saturday had to be postponed after a player in the Mariners camp tested positive in the first official case of COVID-19 in the tournament being held in Goa in a tight bio-bubble.
Odishaon Wednesday registered 67 new cases of Omicron, the highest so far, taking the state's tally in the new variant to 170 , a health department official said. The Institute of Life Science (ILS),Bhubaneswar, informed the state health and family welfare department about detection of the new Omicron cases after genome sequencing of the samples.TheILSis the lone laboratory in the state where genome sequencing facility is available, he said. The preliminary report received fromILS,Bhubaneswar, indicated that most of the new Omicron cases are local contacts with no foreign travel history and that the variant has started spreading in the locality, he said.Director of Public HealthNiranjanMishrasaid the state has procured specially designed kit for quick Omicron testing as genome sequencing requires more time for detection. The state has so far reported the death of one Omicron infected woman and recovery of five other patients from the variant.
