Omicron Variant Cases and Deaths in India Live, Covid-19 Booster Vaccine Registration Latest Update: India reported 2,58,089 COVID-19 cases on Monday — which are 13,113 fewer than Sunday. In the last 24 hours, the country logged 385 deaths and 1,51,740 recoveries, as per the official data shared by the Union Health Ministry.
As on Monday morning, active cases stand at 16,56,341; and the daily positivity rate has reached 119.65%.
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So far 8,209 confirmed cases of Covid-19 Omicron variant have been registered in the country.
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COVID19 | Mumbai reports 5,956 new cases & 12 deaths today; Active cases 50,757 (ANI)
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32 new Omicron cases have been confirmed today, taking the overall tally in the state to 39: Manipur Govt (ANI)
India's capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have reported a big fall in COVID-19 infections in the past two days and most of those who contracted the virus have recovered at home, authorities said on Monday. Mumbai's daily new infections fell below 10,000 on Sunday for the first time since early this month, after touching an all-time high of 20,971 on Jan. 7. It reported 7,895 infections late on Sunday, Mumbai's municipal corporation said. (Reuters)
Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on Monday, requiring travellers to report their trips days before their arrival, as the Omicron variant reached more areas including Beijing. Authorities have warned the highly contagious Omicron adds to the increased risk of COVID-19 transmission as hundreds of millions of people travel around China for the Lunar New Year on Feb. 1. (Reuters)
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said corona cases have decreased in the city over the last four days as the weekend curfew is proving to work and assured migrant workers there will be no lockdown in the national capital. He said the vaccination drive in Delhi completed one year on Monday and a total of 2.85 crore doses have been administered so far. In a statement, Jain said no prescription is required to get tested if people are showing any symptoms of coronavirus. He said Delhi recorded approximately 24,383, 20,178, and 18,286 COVID positive cases on January 14, January 15, and January 17, respectively. “Weekend curfews have played a significant role in this decline. However, this trend indicates that the number of cases in Delhi is decreasing, but the government is still keeping a close eye on the covid cases. “It will take some time to understand the trend forward. There is no lockdown in Delhi and the migrant workers should not be worried,” Jain said in the statement. According to the data provided by the health department, the national capital recorded 12,527 COVID-19 cases on Monday with a positivity rate of 27.99 per cent. Twenty-four people lost their lives to the virus on Sunday, as per the data. Earlier in the day, Jain told reporters that the city was likely to witness 4,000-5,000 less COVID-19 cases on Monday than the numbers reported on Sunday. He congratulated healthcare workers and front-line workers on completing a year of the vaccination drive and said that the Delhi government has an adequate supply of vaccines. “First dose of Covid vaccine has been given to 100 per cent of the eligible population in Delhi while both doses have been given to 80 per cent of the targeted people. “As many as 1.27 lakh precautionary doses have been administered to senior citizens, frontline workers and healthcare workers,” Jain said. He added that out of 1.27 lakh precautionary doses, nearly 35,000 have been administered to senior citizens, 60,000 to frontline workers, and 32,000 to healthcare workers. He added that health system in Delhi is in a good shape and the government is fully prepared to deal with the most serious of situations. Jain urged people to wear masks at all times and adhere to all covid protocols such as maintaining social distancing, hand sanitisation at regular intervals. (PTI)
The 26th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) has been postponed in the wake of surging COVID-19 cases, State Cultural Minister Saji Cherian said. The annual festival, organised by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, was set to be held from February 4-11, here. The minister said the IFFK will now take place after bringing the COVID situation under control. The prestigious eight-day movie gala, which is usually held in December, screens films from across the world in coveted categories like International Competition, Malayalam Cinema Today, Indian Cinema Now, World Cinema, Country Focus, Retrospectives of major filmmakers among others. Kerala has been witnessing a sharp spike in the COVID-19 cases for the past one week. (PTI)
Gennova Biopharmaceuticals had filed its phase 2 data with Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Friday. The Omicron specific variant of vaccine is under development & will be ready for human clinical trials, subject to regulatory approvals: A company spokesperson (ANI)
The COVID-19 experts in Karnataka expect that the state may witness coronavirus infections touching the peak on January 25 before coming down gradually, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka said on Monday. “The experts are of the opinion that the COVID cases may reach the peak on January 25, after which it will gradually decrease. They were also of the view that the state should reduce testing from over two lakh a day to about 1.5 lakh as it does not help much,” Ashoka told reporters after the meeting on COVID-19 which was chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. The minister added that the decision on extending the weekend curfew would be taken in the next emergency meeting on Friday. He, however ruled out any possibility of lockdown in the state. (PTI)
Uttar Pradesh on Monday reported 15,622 fresh coronavirus cases, pushing the active infection tally to 1,06,616 as nine more people died of Covid in the last 24 hours, raising the toll to 22,972, an official statement said here. Lucknow reported the maximum number of 2,716 new cases, followed by Gautam Budh Nagar reporting 2,152 cases, Ghaziabad 1,281 and Meerut 968 among other districts, it said. Two deaths each were reported from Aligarh and Budaun while one death each from Moradabad, Prayagraj, Etawah, Mirzapur and Mau, the statement said. As many as 12,402 more coronavirus patients have recovered from the viral infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 17,20,077, it said. In the past 24 hours, 2.16 lakh Covid tests were done in the state, it added. (PTI)
Russian authorities on Monday reported a sharp spike in new coronavirus cases, apparently driven by the rapid spread of the omicron variant health officials warned about last week. The country's state coronavirus task force registered 30,726 new infections over the last 24 hours, which is twice as many as 15,830 just a week ago and the highest daily tally since early December. The task force has also reported 670 deaths. Infections in Russia steadily climbed all of last week, and officials sounded the alarm about a looming surge of cases driven by omicron's rapid spread. Anna Popova, head of Russia's public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, has warned that daily new cases might reach six-figure levels, and President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has “a couple of weeks” to prepare for the unprecedented surge. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday that omicron is responsible for nearly half of all new infections in the capital. On Monday, new virus cases in the city surpassed 7,000. (AP)
COVID19 | 4,108 new cases and 696 recoveries in Andhra Pradesh today; Active cases stand at 30,182 (ANI)
Kerala reports 22,946 new #covid19 cases and 5290 recoveries in last 24 hours. 18 deaths confirmed in last few days and 54 deaths added as per the new guidelines of central government. Death toll 50,904, active cases 1,31,458: State Government (ANI)
Karnataka | All types of rallies and protests and marriage functions exceeding 200 people in open spaces & 100 people in closed places prohibited in Bengaluru city till 5am of 31st January: Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru #covid19 (ANI)
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The Delhi government received as many as 12,471 calls on its Covid helpline number 1031 over the last one week, even as the number of calls saw a slight decline from January 13 to January 16. Data provided by the city health department also showed that between January 10 and January 16, as many as 9,899 calls were received for ambulances. Meanwhile, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said the number of fresh COVID-19 cases has been reducing in the city for the last few days. According to the health department's data, between January 10 (Monday) and January 16 (Sunday), a total of 12,471 calls were received on the government's Covid helpline number and 9,899 calls for ambulances were received separately. On January 10, the city government received 1,438 calls on the number, which rose to 1,762 a day after and then further to 2,062 on January 13 (Thursday). The number of calls on the helpline started declining from Thursday. On Friday, 1,996 calls were received, 1,811 calls were received on Saturday and 1,585 on Sunday. Similarly, the number of calls for ambulances increased from 1,095 to 1,703 between January 10 and January 11, but started reducing thereafter. On January 12, 1,522 calls were received for ambulances, which further went down to 1,408 on January 13, the data showed. It rose to 1,420 calls on January 14 and then declined to 1,390 on January 15. It further rose to 1,391 on January 16 (Sunday). (PTI)
Greece on Monday imposed a vaccination mandate for people over age 60, as coverage remains below the European Union average and a recent spike in infections has sustained pressure on hospitals. Older people failing to get vaccinated will face penalties, starting at a 50-euro ($57) fine in January and followed by a monthly fine of 100 euros ($114) after that. About two-thirds of Greece's 10.7 million population is currently fully vaccinated — the EU average is just over 70%. The rate of death and daily hospitalisations has increased following the recent spread of the omicron variant, though pressure on ICU capacity has eased slightly. Health Minister Thanos Plevris said fines would be collected through the tax office with the money to be used to help fund state hospitals. “The age factor is important because of its impact on the public health service,” Plevris told private Open TV on Sunday. A vaccination mandate was imposed for health care workers last year. And starting Feb 1, vaccination certificates for adults will expire after seven months unless the holder receives a booster shot. New infections sharply surged in early January, and have eased over the past week. The mandate for over-60s was announced in late December and, according to government data, some 41.5% of the 530,000 people targeted by the measure are now fully vaccinated. (AP)
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The CM has directed the officials to focus on scaling up vaccination in five districts – East Godavari, Guntur, YSR Kadapa, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam- with the lowest second dose vaccination: Andhra Pradesh CMO
CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has held a review meeting on prevailing Covid situation & decided to write a letter to the Centre seeking to reduce the gap for administering 'precautionary dose' from existing nine months to six months: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (ANI)
Bengaluru: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, along with state Health Minister Dr. K Sudhakar, chaired a virtual meeting with senior officials of the State Govt, Health Dept and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) experts regarding #covid19 (ANI)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said joint efforts are the only way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and called for fair distribution of vaccines and expedited inoculation drive globally. He also said that holding each other back or shifting blame would only lead to a needless delay in the response and also distract us from the main objective. In a special address on 'state of the world' on the first day of the week-long online Davos Agenda summit of the World Economic Forum, he said that humanity will certainly move on but the world needs to jointly defeat the pandemic. “A giant ship is brave enough to brave the storm. Pandemic is proving to be a protracted one. It impacts health and the economy. Holding each other back and shifting blames, will only shift our objectives,” he said. Favouring further opening up of the world economy and greater cooperation, he said, “We should remove barriers and not erect walls. We should open up and integrate further.” Jinping warned of serious negative spillovers if major economies slam on the breaks or make U-turns on their monetary policies. He also said the world needs to discard the cold war mentality and that confrontation will lead to disastrous consequences. We need to explore new drivers of economic growth to promote steady and robust global economic recovery, he added. The Chinese president said some developing countries have fallen back into poverty due to the pandemic while some developed countries are also facing hard times. “Developed nations need responsible economic policies, should control spillover effects of policies to avoid impacting developing countries,” he said while asserting that China will continue to open up and is committed to economic and market reforms. He also called for global rules on the digital economy and greater information sharing across the world. “The world is undergoing major changes, unseen in a century and how to beat the pandemic and build a post-COVID world are a common concern for people around the world,” he said while addressing the summit through video conferencing. The deadly virus, which was first reported in Chinese city Wuhan in late 2019, has so far seen over 32 crore confirmed cases globally with more than 55 lakh deaths. The international community has fought a tenacious battle against COVID-19 and the concerted efforts of the international community mean major progress has been made in the global fight against the pandemic, Jinping said. (PTI)
“Over 3.5 crore children between the 15-18 age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, since 3rd January,” tweets Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (ANI)
287 new Omicron cases have been confirmed today taking the overall tally in Karnataka to 766: State Health minister Dr Sudhakar K (ANI)
Goa | In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, Raj Bhavan will remain closed to visitors for 1 week, until January 23, 2022: Gaurish J. Shankhwalker, Joint Secretary to Governor (ANI)
MP | Indore reported 1890 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, with 10,313 active cases. There are no serious symptoms in these cases, majority being under home isolation. 153 patients are hospitalized, 12 cases with comorbidities needed ICU & 28 needed oxygen-beds: Indore CMHO BS Setia (ANI)
About 2,500 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 since January 1 and 767 of them have recovered, an official said on Monday.
According to the latest data, since January 1, about 2,500 Delhi Police personnel from all ranks and units of the force tested positive for Covid.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Chinmoy Biswal who is also the spokesperson of Delhi Police had tested positive for the virus. He, however, has recovered and resumed work, a senior police officer said.
“Many of them are recouping well and resuming their duties on a daily basis,” the officer added.
“About 2,500 personnel have tested positive for Coronavirus since January 1 till date. Out of them, 767 infected personnel of the force have recovered and resumed their work,” said Biswal, Delhi Police PRO.
Meanwhile, a special camp is being organised for police personnel of all ranks to administer booster doses to eligible ones.
The strength of the Delhi Police force is over 80,000, police said.
According to an order issued earlier, all police personnel and their eligible family members who have not been vaccinated may be motivated to complete the vaccination process.
“Those who have not been vaccinated due to medical reasons may be encouraged to seek medical opinion again for the vaccination,” the order had said.
All police personnel may be motivated to take precaution dose of Covid vaccine and install and use of ‘Aarogya Setu' mobile application mandatorily.
Self-monitoring practice to be adopted by police personnel and any kind of illness may be reported without fail, to daily health monitoring officer, the order had added. (PTI)
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) have identified phytochemicals in the petals of a Himalayan plant that could potentially be used to treat COVID-19 infection.
The research found that phytochemical-rich petals of Rhododendron arboreum found in the Himalayan region, locally called “Buransh” show antiviral activity and fight against the virus.
The findings of the research team have been recently published in the journal ‘Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics'.
According to the team, two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers are trying to understand the nature of the virus and discovering new ways to prevent the infection.
“While vaccination is one route to providing the body with the fighting power against the virus, there is a worldwide search for non-vaccine medicines that can prevent viral invasion of the human body. These medicines use chemicals that either bind to the receptors in our body cells and prevent the virus from entering them or act on the virus itself and prevent its replication inside our bodies, ” said Shyam Kumar Masakapalli, Associate Professor, IIT Mandi's School of Basic Science.
“Among the different types of therapeutic agents being studied, phytochemicals – chemicals derived from plants – are considered particularly promising because of their synergistic activity and natural source with fewer toxicity issues. We are hunting for promising molecules from the Himalayan flora using multi-disciplinary approaches,” Kumar said.
The petals of the Himalayan Buransh plant are consumed in various forms by the local population for its varied health benefits.
“The team scientifically tested the extracts containing various phytochemicals in it, with particular focus on antiviral activity. The researchers extracted the phytochemicals from the Buransh petals and performed biochemical assays and computational simulation studies to understand its antiviral properties,” Masakapalli said.
Ranjan Nanda, Translational Health Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, said, “We have profiled and investigated the phytochemicals of Rhododendron arboreum petals sourced from Himalayan flora and have found it to be a promising candidate against the Covid virus”.
Hot water extracts from these petals were found to be rich in quinic acid and its derivatives. Molecular dynamics studies showed that these phytochemicals have two kinds of effects against the virus.
“The researchers also showed through experimental assays that non-toxic doses of the petal extracts can inhibit Covid infection in Vero E6 cells (cells derived from kidney of an African green monkey that are commonly used to study infectivity of virus and bacteria), without any adverse effects on the cells themselves,” he said.
According to the team, the findings support the urgent need for further scientific studies aimed at finding specific bioactive drug candidates from R. arboreum, in vivo and clinical trials against COVID-19.
The research team also plans to carry out additional studies to understand the precise mechanism of inhibition of COVID-19 replication by specific phytochemicals from Buransh petals.
Sujatha Sunil, Vector Borne Disease Group, ICGEB, said, “A combination of the phytochemical profiling, computer simulations and in vitro anti-viral assays showed that the extracts from the Buransh petals inhibited the replication of the COVID-19 virus in a dose-dependent manner.” (PTI)
India's first homegrown mRNA vaccine to be tested amid Omicron spike: Official sources (ANI)
COVID19 | Puducherry reports 907 fresh infections and 3 deaths today; Active case tally at 8,359 (ANI)
World Health Organisation on Friday (January 14, 2022) came up with two new drugs for covid-19, providing the world with two additional options to treat covid patients. This came as the country is reeling under covid third wave and Omicron threat at the same time.
The WHO in its release mentioned that extent to which both these drugs will save lives depends on how widely the medicines will be available and affordable at the same time. | Read More
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that indulging in a blame game over the pandemic situation will not eradicate the coronavirus and it should be eliminated from the entire country.
His remarks came in response to Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij's statement that “increasing coronavirus cases in Delhi have affected the NCR (National Capital Region) and the infection rate has increased in Gurugram, Faridabad and Sonipat districts”.
Asked about Vij's remarks, Kejriwal said, “I won't indulge in blame game. It's not going to eradicate the disease. Wherever there is coronavirus in the country it should be eradicated.” He said the number of COVID-19 cases is reducing in Delhi and around 12,000-13,000 fresh cases are expected on Monday, down from over 18,000 cases recorded on Sunday.
The chief minister was speaking to reporters after flagging off the first electric bus of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) at its IP depot here.
He said 300 more electric buses will arrive in Delhi by April. In the next few years, around 2,000 electric buses will join the public transport fleet in the national capital, he added. (PTI)
A 26-year-old woman in China's capital Beijing who contracted the omicron strain of COVID-19 has drawn national attention on social media for her shopping trips.
The woman, who has not been identified by name, reportedly visited high-end shops in the city before showing symptoms of having the virus.
It wasn't known where or how she became infected and her present condition hasn't been made public.
The woman's case was widely discussed online and reflects the government's painstaking efforts to track down and isolate every virus case, along with identifying and testing anyone an infected person may have been in contact with.
The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games.
More than 13,000 people and all places visited by the 26-year-old woman have been tested and her apartment complex and workplace sealed off.
Officials on Saturday said the woman lives and works in the city's northwestern district of Haidian, home to some of the country's top universities, and had no travel history outside of Beijing for the past two weeks.
No new cases were reported in Beijing on Monday, although the nearby city of Tianjin saw another 80 cases.
State media on Monday reported the capital, with its 20 million residents, was considering stronger restrictions on travel. All transit links with Tianjin have already been severed. International flights have been sharply reduced and domestic travelers have been barred if they transferred to a second location before arriving in Beijing.
The Olympics open on February 4, just days after the start of Lunar New Year celebrations. Athletes, officials, staff and journalists are required to enter a closed-loop bubble without outside contact and undergo daily testing.
As an additional precaution, Beijing will require travellers to take nucleic acid tests within 72 hours of entry starting January 22. Some schools in Beijing have also closed early and moved classes online ahead of the winter holidays.
Officials across the country also urged residents to stay in their cities for the new year, instead of traveling back to their hometowns.
Tourist sites, including sections of the Great Wall, have also closed amid China's “zero-COVID” policy that has seen millions of people placed under lockdowns.
The economic, logistical and psychological stresses resulting from that policy have become increasingly apparent, creating tension over how long the restrictions must remain in place.
Following three weeks of isolation, the ancient capital of Xi'an appeared to be turning a corner, with stay-at-home rules lifted on neighborhoods determined to be virus-free.
Roughly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southwest of Beijing, the city of Xi'an, which has a population of 13 million and counts as a major tourist site for its famed Terracotta Warriors, has reported over 2,000 infections since December last year. (AP)
Ladakh reported 175 more corona cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 23,384, out of which 22,342 people have recuperated while active cases stands at 820, officials said on Monday.
Of the new cases, 156 positive samples were received from Leh district and 19 in Kargil district, the officials said.
According to the officials, the COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 222 with 164 fatalities in Leh and 58 in Kargil.
The officials said 89 patients were discharged from hospitals in Leh and seven in Kargil after undergoing successful treatment for COVID-19, taking the number of recovered cases in Ladakh to 22,342.
Of the active cases, 702 are under treatment in Leh and 118 in Kargil, the officials said, adding that the total positivity rate in Ladakh stands at 3.8 per cent. (PTI)
Blaming won't end the virus. I will not step into this garbage: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij's statement over Delhi's contribution to Haryana's COVID-19 cases (ANI)
Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 56,633 on Monday as 140 people tested positive for the infection, 126 less than the previous day, a senior health official said.
Arunachal Pradesh had reported 266 cases on Sunday, the biggest single-day spike in the northeastern state in January.
The single-day positivity rate stood at 20 per cent as 700 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Sunday.
Of the 140 new cases, the Capital Complex region registered the highest of 77, followed by Changlang (15) and West Kameng (13). Two army jawans and a healthcare personnel are among the new patients, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
The death toll remained unchanged at 282 as no fresh fatality was reported.
The northeastern state has been witnessing a spurt in coronavirus cases since January 4 with 1,281 new cases reported since then.
Arunachal Pradesh now has 1,156 active cases, while 55,195 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 54 in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stood at 97.46 per cent.
The state has thus far tested over 12.16 lakh samples for COVID-19.
State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said that 15,31,453 people have been inoculated so far.
At least 38,934 beneficiaries in the 15-18 years age group have been vaccinated with the first dose and 6,367 senior citizens have received the booster jab. (PTI)
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said that the city is likely to witness 4,000-5,000 less COVID-19 cases than the number reported on Sunday.
He also said the vaccination drive in Delhi completed one year on Monday and a total of 2.85 crore doses have been administered so far.
Jain said that Covid cases in the city have been reducing and Monday will be the fourth straight day when the number of cases will be lesser than the cases reported on the previous day.
“Fresh cases today (Monday) are likely to be 4,000-5,000 less than over 18,000 reported yesterday (Sunday). It is expected to be around 13,000-14,000 today,” Jain said in a media byte.
On the vaccination drive, he said, “First dose of Covid vaccine has been given to 100 per cent of the eligible population in Delhi while both doses have been given to 80 per cent of the targeted people. As many as 1.28 lakh precautionary doses have been administered to senior citizens, frontline workers and healthcare workers.” He added that out of 1.28 lakh precautionary doses, nearly 36,000 are administered to senior citizens, 60,000 to frontline workers and 32,000 to healthcare workers.
According to data provided by the health department, the national capital has recorded 18,286 COVID-19 cases on Sunday with the positivity rate at 27.8 per cent. As many as 28 Covid deaths were reported in Sunday's health bulletin. | Read More
Odisha on Monday recorded 10,489 new COVID-19 cases, 688 less than the previous day, with the tally mounting to 11,44,401, a health department bulletin said.
The death toll rose 8,484 as three more patients- two in Bhubaneswar and one in Angul- succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, it said.
Fifty-three other COVID patients have died due to comorbidities so far.
The daily test positivity rate stood at 14.96 per cent as the fresh infections were detected from 70,117 sample tests, the bulletin said.
Khurda district, which comprises the state capital Bhubaneswar reported the highest number of new cases at 2,934, followed by Sundargarh at 1,447, Cuttack at 786 and Balasrore at 433, it said.
At least 982 children were among the new patients, and the number of fresh cases shot up from 4,829 a week ago.
The state had on Sunday logged 11,177 cases.
Odisha now has 75,797 active cases, including 24,764 in Khurda, which is in the red zone with Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Cuttack and Balasore.
A district that has over 2,500 coronavirus-positive cases is included in the red zone.
Puri, Mayurbhanj and Bolangir are among the nine districts that are in the yellow zone with over 1,000 patients each.
At least 4,452 people recuperated from the disease on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries to 10,60,067, it added. (PTI)
Beijing’s first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in the nation’s capital, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games.
Following the positive test announced Saturday, more than 13,000 people and all places visited by the patient over the previous days have been tested, according to state media. The person’s apartment complex and workplace have been sealed off. | Read More
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that COVID-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union health ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual.
On the issue of exempting persons with disabilities from producing vaccination certificates, the Centre told the apex court that it has not issued any SOP that makes it mandatory to carry the vaccination certificate for any purpose. | Read More
Fresh Covid cases in Delhi on Monday likely to be 4,000-5,000 less than over 18,000 reported a day before: Health Minister Satyendar Jain (PTI)
These are political talks, I can also tell how many Haryana people are testing positive in Delhi. Over 1,000 COVID-19 cases are being reported from outside Delhi every day: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain (ANI)
First dose of Covid vaccine given to 100 pc of eligible population in Delhi, total 2.85 crore doses administered so far: Health Minister (PTI)
Delhi to report around 14,000-15,000 cases today, much less than yesterday. Around 2.85cr doses have been administered in Delhi; 100% eligible population inoculated with 1st dose, 80% with 2nd dose, & 1.28 lakh people received precautionary dose: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain (ANI)
The 385 new fatalities included 158 from Kerala and 36 from West Bengal. (PTI)
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,05,309 as 2,776 more people tested positive for the infection, while four fresh fatalities pushed the state's death toll to 5,203, a health bulletin said on Monday.
Ranchi district registered the highest number of new cases at 888, followed by 621 in East Singhbhum district, it said.
Three fresh fatalities were registered in East Singhbhum district, under which Jamshedpur city falls, and one in neighbouring Seraikela Kharsawan district, the bulletin said.
The state now has 31,747 active cases, while 3,68,359 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 2,776 in the last 24 hours.
Jharkhand has tested over 51,797 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, it added. (PTI)
With the addition of 5,625 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 6,69,080, an official said on Monday.
These cases were reported on Sunday, he said.
With four more patients succumbing to the coronavirus infection, the death toll in the Thane district rose to 11,658. The mortality rate is 1.74 per cent, he added.
In the neighboring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,56,254 while the death toll is 3,342, a local official said. (PTI)
More than 158.12 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs; over 13.79 crore balance & unutilized vaccine doses are still available with States/UTs to be administered: Union Health Ministry (ANI)
Maharashtra | Marriage registration service temporarily stopped due to current #covid19 situation in Mumbai; service will be restarted soon with the facility of appointment, date & time. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is also exploring the provision of a video KYC option: BMC (ANI)
So far 8,209 confirmed cases of Covid-19 Omicron variant have been registered in the country. (ANI)
