Omicron Variant Cases and Deaths in India Live, Covid-19 Booster Vaccine Registration Latest Update: Today marks a year since India embarked on the daunting task to vaccinate its entire population. On Sunday — the day that marks the anniversary of India’s vaccination drive kick-off — the cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country has exceeded 157 crore. The hashtag #1yearofvaccination has been trending on Twitter and dignitaries like Prime Minister Narendra Modi have tweeted to mark the significance of the day. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya called India’s vaccination drive “the most successful in the world” in a tweet.
India Omicron Cases
India added 2,71,202 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,71,22,164, including 7,743 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The country saw 1,702 new cases of Omicron variant, the highest in a single day so far, and an increase of 28.17 per cent since Saturday.
Experts said it is not possible to undertake genome sequencing of each and every sample, but stressed that this wave is largely being driven by Omicron.
The active cases have increased to 15,50,377, the highest in 225 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,86,066 with 314 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Covid tests being conducted in Delhi 3 times the number recommended by ICMR, says Satyendar Jain
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday sought to nix concerns over “fewer” Covid testing in the national capital, saying the diagnostic tests being conducted in the city is three times the number recommended by ICMR. All those who need to undergo testing are being tested, he said.
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Some people started creating confusion even before the vaccines were rolled out, but PM Modi was dedicated and encouraged our scientists, companies to continue the work and vaccination campaign: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on India's 1 Year Of Vaccine Drive (ANI)
Cases have started reducing for past 3 days, but we will look at a substantial decrease for the next 3-4 days. Positivity rate will reduce with time as patients admitted to hospitals are stagnant. Most of the deaths were due to comorbidities: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain (ANI)
Less testing doesn't mean fewer COVID-19 cases. Mild, asymptomatic, or high-risk contact cases, everyone gets tested. We're conducting 3 times more tests than required by the ICMR guidelines: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain (ANI)
Around 17,000 Covid cases expected in Delhi today. Conducting 3 times the tests recommended by ICMR: City Health Minister Satyendar Jain (PTI)
Hospital admissions have plateaued, Covid positivity rate will also come down: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain (PTI)
Restrictions by Delhi govt impacted spread of COVID-19, will monitor situation for three to four day before reviewing curbs: Satyendar Jain (PTI)
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar continues to be under treatment in the ICU of a city hospital here, the doctor treating her said on Sunday. The 92-year-old singer tested positive for coronavirus with mild symptoms and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai last week. | Read More
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday sought to nix concerns over “fewer” Covid testing in the national capital, saying the diagnostic tests being conducted in the city is three times the number recommended by ICMR. All those who need to undergo testing are being tested, he said. | Read More
About 17,000 COVID cases expected today with case positivity also expected to decline; cases declining for the 3rd consecutive day if we see yesterday's numbers. About 67,000 tests were done yesterday: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain (ANI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulates the nation on #1yearofvaccinedrive, says, “With unity, we can achieve any target.” (ANI)
COVID-19 | Puducherry reports 1,160 new cases, 1 death, and 142 recoveries today; Active cases stand at 7,602. Test positivity at 43.66% (ANI)
Odisha logs 11,177 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more fatalities. Daily positivity rate 14.5 per cent (PTI)
With India's Covid vaccination drive completing one year, BJP chief J P Nadda said the task of jabbing the country's huge population was made possible under the “stellar leadership” of PM Narendra Modi with over 92 per cent of population having received the first dose (PTI)
India's vaccination drive against COVID-19 completes one year. Over 156.76 crore vaccine doses administered so far. (PTI)
Singer Lata Mangeshkar needs care, which is why she'll remain under doctors' supervision in ICU for a few more days. Her condition is the same as before; no one's allowed to meet her yet: Dr Pratit Samdani, who's treating her at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital (ANI)
Telangana | A cabinet meeting will be held tomorrow (Jan 17) at 2pm in Pragathi Bhavan under CM K Chandrashekar Rao, to discuss COVID-related matters: CMO (ANI)
Single day rise of 2,71,202 new COVID-19 infections, 314 fatalities push India's tally of cases to 3,71,22,164, death toll to 4,86,066: Govt (PTI)
7,743 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in India so far: Union Health Ministry (PTI)
Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 15,50,377: Union Health Ministry (PTI)
India reports 2,71,202 COVID cases (2,369 more than yesterday), 314 deaths, and 1,38,331 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Active case: 15,50,377
Daily positivity rate: 16.28%)
Confirmed cases of Omicron: 7,743 (ANI)
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya calls India's vaccination drive “the most successful in the world,” on #1yearofvaccination.
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 156.76 crore. More than 66 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in last 24 hrs. (ANI)
West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 18,82,761 on Saturday as 19,064 more people tested positive for the infection, 3,581 less than the previous day, a health bulletin said. The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 20,052 as 39 more patients succumbed to the infection, the highest single-day toll since the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, it said. West Bengal's positivity rate slightly improved to 29.52 per cent from 31.14 per cent on the previous day, the bulletin said. Kolkata recorded 4,831 new cases, 2,036 less than the previous day, followed by 3,496 infections in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district, it said. The metropolis registered the highest number of fresh fatalities at 12, followed by 10 in North 24 Parganas, it said. PTI
Mumbai on Saturday reported 11 new coronavirus-related deaths, the highest single-day toll since July 29 last year, and 10,661 fresh infections, the civic body said. As many as 21,474 patients were discharged, taking the total of recoveries to 8,99,358. The number of new infected patients has been decreasing for the last three days, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) data. Further, only 722 of the new 10, 661 patients found during the day were admitted to hospitals, which raised the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to 5,962. As many as 8,955 or 84 per cent of the new patients were asymptomatic. The city on July 29, 2021, had reported 13 deaths and the mortality figure had started declining after that. – PTI
Uttar Pradesh on Saturday reported 15,795 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its active caseload to 95,148, while four more fatalities pushed the death toll to 22,953, an official statement issued here said. Lucknow reported the highest number of fresh cases at 2,769, followed by 1,873 from Gautam Budh Nagar, 1,371 from Ghaziabad and 1,135 from Meerut, among other districts, it said. With the new infections, Uttar Pradesh's coronavirus tally stands at 18,16,974. The latest deaths were reported from Lucknow, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Mainpuri, the statement said. As many as 5,031 more coronavirus patients have recuperated from the viral infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 16,98,873, it said. So far, over 9.60 crore tests, including 2.58 lakh done the previous day, have been conducted for the detection of COVID-19 in the state, it said. PTI
Pakistan's civil aviation authority on Saturday announced a ban on serving snacks and meals in flights amid a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases across the country fuelled predominantly by the Omicron variant. The directives came in line with the country's COVID-19 task force, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), which has said that the ban would be effective from January 17. On Saturday, the NCOC held meetings with various stakeholders to discuss the current coronavirus situation in the country. After consultations, it directed the Civil Aviation Authority to ensure a complete ban on in-flight snacks and meals, and ensured other standard operating procedures such as wearing masks were implemented at all airports across the country.
The Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday reported its first locally transmitted infection of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant, according to state media, just weeks ahead of its staging of the Olympic Winter Games.State television reported on Saturday that the new infection had been identified as the Omicron strain.Lab testing found “mutations specific to the Omicron variant” in the person, Pang Xinghuo, an official at the city's disease control authority, told a news briefing.Officials have sealed up the infected person's residential compound and workplace, and collected 2,430 samples for testing from people linked to the two locations, a Haidian district official said.The detection of the Omicron variant Beijing came as cities across the country ratchet up viral vigilance ahead of the Winter Olympics, due to start Feb. 4.Authorities have also warned that Omicron adds to the increased risk of COVID-19 transmission as more people travel across the country and return to China from overseas for the Lunar New Year holiday starting at the end of the month. – Reuters
Indonesia reported 1,054 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily increase in three months, as the government braces for a new wave of coronavirus infections driven by the spread of the Omicron variant.The world's fourth most populous country grappled with a devastating second wave of infections in July, driven by the spread of the Delta variant.Daily case numbers dropped to around 200 by December, before rising this month amid reports of local transmission of the Omicron variant.”Local transmission has been found and Jakarta has become an infection cluster,” Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a statement on Saturday. – Reuters
The Arignar Anna Zoological Park here, popularly known as the 'Vandalur zoo', would be closed to the public till January 31, a senior official said here on Saturday. To avoid rapid spread of Covid, the zoological park would be closed to public from January 17 to 31, an official release said. The AAZP is located in the southern suburb of Vandalur and it is among the key attractions of the metropolis. A press release from the office of the Director of the AAZP said that the situation would be reviewed on January 31 and an appropriate decision shall be taken. Like last Sunday, a shutdown would be enforced on January 16 too in Tamil Nadu and restrictions like night curew are already in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. PTI
Karnataka has effectively leveraged technology in COVID battle and so far about 2.5 lakh healthcare and frontline staff have been trained through online platforms, Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Saturday. He said, this is a model for the entire country. The Minister today inaugurated the virtual training programme being conducted in association with StepOne for about 10,000 medical, dental and Ayush students to train them in home isolation care and addressed the students. PTI
Twenty more people, including eight students, residing on the IIT Kharagpur campus have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.
Twelve faculty members and non-teaching staff of the premier institute are among the new patients, he said. “The fresh infections were reported in the last two-three days as authorities have adopted a strategy of testing and tracing to contain the spread of the disease,” Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Registrar Tamal Nath told PTI. Sixty people of the institute, including students and researchers, were found infected with COVID-19 between January 1 and 4. All of them have recovered from the disease and they are now either in isolation or returned to their normal activities, the official said. Most of the newly infected patients have mild symptoms of COVID-19 and the on-campus medical care team is monitoring their condition regularly, he said. None of those who recuperated from the coronavirus infection left the campus, Nath said, adding that the COVID situation has improved. (PTI)
Twenty more people, including eight students, residing on the IIT Kharagpur campus have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.
Twelve faculty members and non-teaching staff of the premier institute are among the new patients, he said. “The fresh infections were reported in the last two-three days as authorities have adopted a strategy of testing and tracing to contain the spread of the disease,” Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Registrar Tamal Nath told PTI. Sixty people of the institute, including students and researchers, were found infected with COVID-19 between January 1 and 4. All of them have recovered from the disease and they are now either in isolation or returned to their normal activities, the official said. Most of the newly infected patients have mild symptoms of COVID-19 and the on-campus medical care team is monitoring their condition regularly, he said. None of those who recuperated from the coronavirus infection left the campus, Nath said, adding that the COVID situation has improved. (PTI)
Twenty more people, including eight students, residing on the IIT Kharagpur campus have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.
Twelve faculty members and non-teaching staff of the premier institute are among the new patients, he said. “The fresh infections were reported in the last two-three days as authorities have adopted a strategy of testing and tracing to contain the spread of the disease,” Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Registrar Tamal Nath told PTI. Sixty people of the institute, including students and researchers, were found infected with COVID-19 between January 1 and 4. All of them have recovered from the disease and they are now either in isolation or returned to their normal activities, the official said. Most of the newly infected patients have mild symptoms of COVID-19 and the on-campus medical care team is monitoring their condition regularly, he said. None of those who recuperated from the coronavirus infection left the campus, Nath said, adding that the COVID situation has improved. (PTI)
ECI allows political parties to hold indoor meetings with a maximum of 300 persons or 50% of the capacity of the hall.
COVID19 | Delhi reports 20,718 new cases & 30 deaths in last 24 hours; Active cases rise to 93,407. Positivity rate remains at 30.64% (ANI)
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Mizoram reports 477 new cases today; Active case tally at 8,048 (ANI)
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to party workers to follow COVID-19 norms. He said the Samajwadi Party will soon declare its candidates for the assembly elections in the state. We have to follow Covid protocols. If these are not followed, questions will be raised, Yadav said a day after police lodged an FIR against 2,500 Samajwadi Party activists for flouting Covid norms. A massive crowd had gathered at the Samajwadi Party office on Friday for the induction ceremony of former BJP minister Swami Prasad Maurya and some MLAs. The in-charge of Gautam Palli Police Station was suspended and a clarification sought from two senior officials. Taking cognisance of the Lucknow district magistrate's report about the violation of the Model Code of Conduct on Covid norms, directives were issued to place Gautam Palli Police Station in-charge Dinesh Singh Bisht into suspension with immediate effect, an official statement issued by the office of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer said. Besides, the commission also sought a clarification from Assistant Commissioner of Police (Lucknow) Akhilesh Singh and Additional City Magistrate (First) Govind Maurya, the statement said. Yadav further said that the SP will soon release the list of candidates for the assembly elections. (PTI)
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Amid the scare caused by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, a senior official of the Maharashtra health department has said that the Delta strain of the virus still accounts for the maximum number of infection cases in the state as revealed by the genome sequencing of the patients' samples. Dr Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary of the health department, in a letter written to his colleagues on Wednesday said that the Delta variant was found in 68 per cent samples, out of the over 4,200 analysed, while the remaining 32 per cent patients were found infected with the Omicron strain. The Delta variant had wreaked havoc during the second wave of the pandemic last year. The Omicron strain, which was first detected in South Africa in November 2021, started spreading in India from the first week of December. Till Friday night, Maharashtra has reported 1,605 Omicron cases, while its overall COVID-19 infection tally has jumped to 71,24,278. “Since November 1 last year, the samples of 4,265 COVID-19 patients were sent for genome sequencing. The results of 4,201 cases have been issued, which indicate that Omicron variant was detected in 1,367 cases or in 32 per cent, while the prevalence of Delta variant was found in the remaining 68 per cent cases,” Dr Vyas said in the letter. It also said that of the 2,40,133 active coronavirus cases in Maharashtra till Wednesday (January 12), 90 per cent patients were in home isolation or in COVID Care Centres. (PTI)
Engineering Export Promotion Council of India has expressed concern that the spread of Omicron, the new variant of coronavirus, may once again disrupt the global supply chain, which could lead to a slowdown in trading activities. Exports of engineering goods registered a 38 per cent year-on-year growth in December, 2021 to USD 38.4 billion. The sustained growth momentum demonstrates the sector is well on track to grow its market share in the global trade, EEPC India chairman Mahesh Desai said in a statement on Friday. “While the order pipeline has been remarkably good, we could see some slowdown if Omicron disrupts the global supply chain. In the recent weeks, we have seen some signs of volatility and uncertainty due to the ongoing pandemic wave across the world but by putting suitable policy measures in place, the government could provide cushion to trade and business,” Desai said. He called for urgent action on part of the government to reduce soaring raw material prices and logistics costs. “We hope that in the upcoming budget, the government will take appropriate measures to reduce the cost of primary steel, copper, aluminium and other raw materials. This will be a major relief for the sector which is dominated by micro, small and medium enterprises,” he said. Some policy push now would keep the industry ready to take challenges in future and set higher export targets next financial year, he added. (PTI)
The West Bengal government on Saturday extended the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions till January 31, allowing fairs on open grounds in a very restricted manner with strict adherence to safety norms, an official order said. The state government also allowed marriage functions with a maximum of 200 attendees or 50 per cent of the venue's capacity, whichever is lesser, it said. “Restrictions and relaxation measures and advisory as already stand extended up to 31/01/2022. Marriage-related functions with a maximum of 200 people at a time or 50 per cent seating capacity of the hall/venue whichever is lower. Mela/fair may be allowed in open air venues in a very restricted manner, following COVID-19 protocols,” the order issued by Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi said. All outdoor activities including the movement of people and vehicles shall be strictly prohibited between 10 PM and 5 AM except for health, law and order, transport of essential commodities including agricultural produce, and other emergency services. The order asked district administrations, police and local authorities to ensure strict compliance with the directives. (PTI)
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