Omicron variant India reports over 1.2K new Covid cases
Updates on the Omicron variant: India reports over 1.1 lakh new Covid cases and 302 deaths in the last 24 hours.
To ensure strict monitoring of Covid-19 patients in home isolation, the Centre has advised states to activate all Covid control rooms at the district and sub-district levels. Which will collate daily status reports of patients in home isolation submit a message to the district administration.
495 new Omicron infections have been report; Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh are among the nine states that have been asked to increase testing.
According to data released by state and union territory health bulletins, India reported 1,16,836 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. The most in more than 200 days, bringing the country’s total caseload to 3,52,25,699 people.
According to Union Health Ministry data, the total number of infections detected of the new SARS CoV2 Omicron variant was 2,630. As of Thursday morning, with the most significant single-day increase of 495 Omicron cases.
Maharashtra has the most cases (797), followed by Delhi at 465, Rajasthan at 236, Kerala at 280, Karnataka at 226, Gujarat at 204 Tamil Nadu at 121.
Meanwhile, the Centre has urged nine states and union territories to increase COVID-19 testing to prevent infected people from applying the virus to others. In a letter to Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Jammu. And Kashmir Bihar, Additional Secretary of Union Health Ministry Arti Ahuja expressed concern. About a significant decline in COVID-19 testing despite rising cases and positivity rates.
Ms. Ahuja stated in her January 5 letter that without adequate testing, the actual level of infection spread in the community would not be reveal. As a result, states have been asked to review and ensure the availability of sufficient stock of testing reagents and kits, among other things. As well as the regular arrangement of testing facilities, consumables, and logistics.
Following the detection of case clusters, 14 containment zones were declare in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Khordha.
As of 9 a.m. on Thursday, Andhra Pradesh had reported 547 new infections. The highest single-day tally in the previous 71 days, bringing the active caseload to 2,266. There was also one recent death report.
On Thursday, Karnataka reported 5,031 new cases, with Bengaluru Urban alone accounting for 4,324 cases. There was. Also one death said. So far, 226 Omicron cases have been report in Karnataka.
Kerala reported a total of 4,649 new cases. Fifty additional Omicron cases have been confirm, bringing the total number of Omicron cases detected in the state to 280.
