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Coronavirus Omicron Highlights | India logged 552 new cases of Omicron, taking the total tally of such infections to 3,623 across 27 states and UTs so far, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. Out of the total Omicron cases, 1,409 people have migrated or recovered. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 1,009 cases followed by Delhi at 513, Karnataka 441, Rajasthan 373, Kerala 333 and Gujarat 204.
A total of 1,59,632 new coronavirus infections were reported in a day, the highest in 224 days, while the active cases increased to 5,90,611, the highest in around 197 days, according to the data updated at 8 am. The death toll climbed to 4,83,790 with 327 fresh fatalities.
Daily COVID-19 cases in country highest in 224 days - a total of 1,65,553 infections were reported on May 29 last year.
The active cases comprise 1.66 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 96.98 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 1,18,442 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
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Nine more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Punjab on Sunday, while 3,922 fresh coronavirus cases took the infection tally to 6,21,449, according to a medical bulletin. Three deaths were reported inPatialafollowed by one each in Amritsar, Ludhiana,Hoshiarpur,Mohali,PathankotandSangrur, pushing the toll to 16,675. (PTI)
Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, the Delhi government has taken action against 5,073 people for not wearing masks in public or work places, news agency PTI reported. According to official data, 61 FIRs were registered on Saturday against those not following Covid-appropriate behaviour and a fine of Rs.1.25 crores was collected from the violators, the report said.
West Bengal BJP president and Lok Sabha MP Sukanta Majumdarhas testedpositive for COVID-19. He wasadmitted to hospital on January 9, news agency ANI reported. Across the state, a record-high of24,287 fresh infections were reported.
West Bengal reported its highest-ever single-day spike of 24,287 new COVID-19 cases on January 9. With this, the coronavirus tally of the state jumped to 17,55,046: Health Department
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed for the acceleration of the coronavirus vaccine drive for adolescents in mission mode. He directed that intensive containment and active surveillance be continued in clusters reporting higher cases and said that required technical support will be provided to states reporting higher cases presently.
PM Modi further said that a meeting with the chief ministers must be convened to discuss state-specific scenarios, best practices, and the public health response and highlighted the need to ensure continuity of non-Covid health services while managing the coronavirus situation.
Nearly 80-85 percent of the COVID-19 cases reported in Tamil Nadu were people who had 'S' gene drop in their samples, indicating contraction of Omicron variant of coronavirus while the remaining 15-20 percent was Delta variant, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on January 9.
Appealing people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from the virus, the minister said it was satisfying to know that there were no fatalities among those who were detected with 'S' gene drop indicating they would have contracted the Omicron variant.
COVID-19 vaccination certificates in the five poll-bound states, namely, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa,won't have Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo on them.
Mumbai on January 9 reported 19,474 new COVID-19 cases, lower than 20,318 reported a day earlier. The city logged seven more deaths due to the contagious disease. A total of 1,240 patients were hospitalised today, BMC said.
