Healthcare worker takes a swab sample outside Sarojani Nagar Metro Station at Sarojani Nagar market in New Delhi on Saturday. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)Covid-19 India Live News: India on Sunday reported a single-day rise of 27,553 Covid-19 cases and 284 deaths. With 9,249 recoveries recorded in the last 24 hours, the active caseload stood at 1,22,801.
The Omicron tally in India reached 1,525, according to a press release by the Union Ministry of Health.
Major cities across the country have witnessed a surge in their Covid count. Delhi saw 2,716 fresh cases Saturday, the highest number of single-day cases recorded since May 21 in the city. In Mumbai, 6,180 new Covid-19 cases were recorded with its positivity rate nearing 13 per cent. Karnataka, too, breached the thousand-mark in a single-day spike in cases as the state Saturday recorded 1,033 fresh Covid cases of which, Bengaluru Urban reported 810 cases.
Meanwhile, Covid vaccination for children is set to begin Monday, January 3. Data on the Cowin dashboard showed 3,15,416 registrations for 15-18-year-olds until 11.30 pm Saturday, after registrations began for the age group.
Vaccine Centre at a Govt Dispensary in New Delhi, Saturday, 01 Jan 2022 (Express Photo By Amit Mehra)
Gujarat reported a massive jump in new Covid-19 infections Saturday, recording 1,069 new cases — one-and-half times the number of cases reported on Friday (654). Saturday’s surge is steeper than what was seen in mid-March, the early days of the second wave of the pandemic. The state had last reported as many cases in early-June 2021.
The seven-day doubling rate of new cases is speeding up, with new infections now doubling in approximately two-and-half days, compared to the doubling of new infections in five days seen on December 26.
With 23 more cases of Omicron detected across Gujarat on Saturday, the state’s Omicron tally stands at 136. Read more
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Sunday stated that districts reporting a high number of daily cases, such as Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat will now have stricter measures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Malls and markets will shut by 5 pm and only fully vaccinated people will be allowed to enter public transport, hotels, restaurants, malls and grain markets. Teams have been formed for enforcement of law, the minister was quoted as saying by ANI.
Karnataka breached the thousand-mark in the single-day spike in cases as the state Saturday recorded 1,033 fresh Covid cases of which Bengaluru Urban reported 810 cases. The total number of active cases in Karnataka now stands at 9,386 of which 7,876 are in Bengaluru. The last time when the state had seen over 1,000 cases in a single day was on September 9 last year when it recorded 1,074 cases.
Of the five deaths recorded by the state health department, two are from Bengaluru and one each from Tumkuru, Mandya and Uttara Kannada.
Dakshina Kannada reported 48 cases, Mysuru 29, Balagavi 10, Mandya 23 and Udupi 28. On the positive front, Ramanagara, Raichuru, Gadag, Haveri, Yadagiri, Chikkaballapura and Davangere did not report a single Covid-19 case. Read more
The sharp increase in daily cases of Covid-19 and emergence of the new variant Omicron has led to rise in containment zones and sealed buildings in Mumbai. The spread of infection is higher in areas such as Bandra, Colaba, Fort, Malabar Hill, Andheri and Worli as the average growth rate in the last seven days has gone up.
Officials from the BMC said more cases are being reported from high-rises than slums – around 90 per cent of the new cases are from buildings.
According to data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dashboard, there are as many as 11 active containment zones (chawls and slums) and 128 active sealed buildings in Mumbai as on December 30. Till December 25, there were zero containment areas and only 22 sealed buildings in the city with a doubling rate of Covid cases of 1,139 days. Read more
India's Omicron tally on Sunday reached 1,525, according to a press release by the Union Ministry of Health. Maharashtra tops the count with 460 cases, followed by Delhi, which has 351 Omicron cases.
Overall, 560 people, who were infected with the new coronavirus variant, had recovered or been discharged till Sunday.
India on Sunday reported a single-day rise of 27,553 Covid-19 cases and 284 deaths. The active caseload in the country stood at 1,22,801, accounting for 0.35% of total cases, according to the government press release.
The country recorded 9,249 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 98.27%.
The Delhi government will roll out the Covid vaccination drive for children between the ages of 15 and 18 years from 159 sites in government hospitals, primary healthcare centres, and government schools starting Monday. The drive will be expanded Tuesday in a “camp mode” at private schools if more than 500 children are ready to get the shot.
Almost all the sites that will start immunising children on Monday are existing locations where Covaxin is administered. This is in addition to paid centres at private hospitals. Read more