Coronavirus Omicron India Highlights: India reported 3,33,533 cases today, slightly lower than the 3.37 lakh daily cases recorded on January 22. The fresh cases have taken the total caseload in the country to 3,92,37,264. The country also recorded 525 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the total death count in the country, as a result of COVID-19 cases, to 4,89,409. The daily positivity rate marginally rose from 17.22 percent to 17.78 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.87 percent.
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 161.92 crore, with more than 71 lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours. India has administered more than 80 lakh booster doses so far.
Amid a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, Kerala continues to introduce new measures to control the spread. The health department on January 22 instructed private hospitals in the state to set aside 50 percent of beds for COVID-19 patients.
Meanwhile, the national capital Delhi on January 22 reported 11,468 COVID-19 fresh cases while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 16.36 percent from 18.04 percent as recorded on the previous day.
After seeing a dip, Delhi government had proposed to lift the weekend curfew, revoke the odd-even system for opening of shops, and allow private offices to run with 50 percent staff in the city. However, Delhi L-G Anil Baijal on January 21 rejected the proposal sent by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suggested that status quo be maintained with regards to the weekend curfew and opening of markets in the national capital. However, he agreed on private offices to work with 50 percent attendance.
Maharashtra saw 46,393 new cases in a day. The state's active cases currently stand at 2,79,930. Till date, a total of 2759 patients infected with Omicron Variant have been reported in the state; out of these 416 cases were reported on January 22.
Coronavirus Omicron India Live Updates |Kerala reports 45,449 new COVID19 cases, 27,961 recoveries & 38 deaths
Kerala reports 45,449 new COVID19 cases, 27,961 recoveries & 38 deaths in the last 24 hrs.39 deaths were added to the COVID death list as per the new guidelines of central government. Active cases stand at 2,64,638: State Govt
Punjab reports 5,664 new cases and 30 deaths today; Active cases in the state stand at 46,472
Haryana reports 7,516 new cases including 63 Omicron infections today; Active cases in the State are 57,753. Test positivity rate in the state is at 20.45%, today.
West Bengal records 6,980 new COVID19 cases & 36 deaths today; Active cases stand at 1,10,183. Today’s positivity rate stands at 9.53
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Total cases: 10,62,555
Total discharged: 9,17,469
Active cases: 1,34,837
Death toll: 10,249
Nagaland on Sunday reported 107 new COVID-19 cases, 14 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 33,585 , a health official said. The death toll remained unchanged at 705 for the second consecutive day, he said. Nagaland now has 685 active COVID-19 cases, while 30,862 people have recuperated from the disease, including 54 in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 recovery rate came down to 91.89 per cent from Saturday's 92.02 per cent.
Jammu and Kashmir reports 6,253 new cases - 1,754 in Jammu and 4,499 in Kashmir and 7 deaths today. The total number of active cases in the UT is 42,866
Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh on Sunday virtually reviewed the COVID-19 pandemic situation and other related issues in his Lok Sabha constituency in the wake of the third wave of coronavirus. He held the meeting with deputy commissioners, DDC Chairpersons and SSPs of the Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha constituency, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said in a statement.Singh -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space -- enquired about the availability and functioning of dashboard in districts for real time updates and also issued fresh instructions to deal with the surge in cases. District Collectors, SSPs, DDC Chairman of Kathua, Udhampur, Doda, Reasi, Kishtwar, and Ramban joined the review meeting along with other district officials.The minister was informed that most of the cases in the third wave have remained asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic with flu-like symptoms which lasts for four to five days and then dissipates. Singh underlined that there is no room for complacency and all COVID-19 related norms and protocols must be followed in the strictest possible manner.
Coronavirus Omicron India Live Updates |Severity of COVID-19 during third wave is low: Tamil Nadu govt official
The severity of the COVID-19 outbreak during the third wave is low as compared to the second wave and the death rate has remained at an average of one individual succumbing to 1,000 cases, a senior Tamil Nadu government official said on Sunday. Unvaccinated individuals and those eligible to receive the 'precautionary booster dose' also pose a risk to contracting the contagion and this has emerged as a larger point of view of the medical experts who met here, Health Department Principal Secretary J Radhakrishnan said here.
Andhra Pradesh reports 14,440 new COVID19 cases, 3,969 recoveries and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases at83,610.
Active cases : 54,246
Positivity rate : 13.32%
A total of 875 people tested positive for the virus in the Parliament House complex so far. 271 people in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat tested positive for the virus so far.
