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Live news updates: India recorded 255,874 fresh coronavirus cases and 614 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the health ministry.

Covid restrictions in Delhi will be lifted soon, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today. 

The capital will record a 10 per cent infection rate today, he added. The maximum was 30 per cent, on January 15.

The Delhi government had on Friday recommended the lifting of weekend curfews in the national capital in view of declining Covid cases. The file was forwarded to the office of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for his approval but was rejected.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that it was dangerous to assume the Omicron variant would herald the end of Covid-19, exhorting nations to stay focused to beat the pandemic.

"It’s dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant and that we are in the end game," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a WHO executive board meeting of the two-year pandemic that has killed nearly 6 million people.

Swiggy doubled its valuation to $10.7 billion in a funding round that raised $700 million, as booming demand for quick delivery of food and grocery in India drives up investments in the sector. The food delivery firm said on Monday it had raised $700 million in the fundraise that was led by US investment firm Invesco and also included Baron Capital Group, Sumeru Venture, IIFL and Kotak. Existing investors Alpha Wave Global and Qatar Investment Authority also took part in the round.

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