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Coronavirus in India News Live Updates: India confirms first case of Omicron subvariant BA.4
India has reported a total of 2,259 fresh coronavirus cases across the country on Friday and 20 deaths, taking the overall death toll to 5,24,323. Stay with TOI for latest updates on Covid from India and across the world:Read Less
Mumbai reports 213 new Covid cases, 155 recoveries and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases 1144
Delhi logs 530 fresh Covid cases, zero daily deaths; positivity rate stands at 2.17%: Health bulletin
Active cases 2229
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a dig at the government by posting a picture seemingly from a shop where the book 'A Nation to Protect', chronicling its response to the Covid pandemic, is displayed in the "popular fiction" segment. "Check out #PopularFiction in India these days!" Tharoor tweeted along with the picture.
Switzerland signed a contract to buy Pfizer's anti-viral drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, it said on Friday.
Since then, both the variants have been largely responsible for triggering a fresh wave of Covid surges in South Africa and several European countries
The BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron were first reported by South African health officials in January and February
INSACOG confirms India’s first case of Omicron subvariant BA.4, detected in Hyderabad. This strain of coronavirus, is like BA.2 subvariant: Sources
The union territory of Puducherry added three new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours raising the overall caseload to 1,65,825, a senior official of the Department of Health said on Friday. There were no fresh fatalities from any of the four regions and the death toll remained at 1,962,
The health ministry urged the states and union territories to significantly expedite the pace towards full vaccination coverage by saturating all eligible beneficiaries
Underlining the urgent need for an intensive 'mission mode' push to Covid vaccination across the country to accelerate the recent placid momentum, the Centre on Friday advised all states to plan for a two-month- long 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign 2.0 from June.
Centre calls for intensive 'mission mode' push to Covid vaccination across country
India's daily positivity rate currently at 0.50%
PM Modi taught BJP 'Seva hi Sangathan' during Covid lockdown: JP Nadda
BJP National President JP Nadda said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi taught the party to walk on the path of 'Seva hi Sangathan' during Covid lockdown while other parties were in 'isolation'. "Whenever there is a need for organisational advice, we always got the leadership of the Prime Minister and his guidance", said JP Nadda addressing the BJP national office bearers meeting in Rajasthan's Jaipur. "During the Covid period, all political parties went into isolation and lockdown, and their leaders also just appeared on Twitter. At such a time, you (PM Modi) gave us the mantra of 'Seva hi Sangathan.' Inspired by the mantra of Seva Hi Sangathan, every BJP worker walked on the path shown by you", said Nadda.
20 deaths due to Covid-19 in India in last 24 hours
India's active caseload declines to 15,044 in last 24 hours
Covid 19: India reports 2,259 new Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths in last 24 hours
With 2,259 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,31,29,563 while the active cases decreased to 15,044, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. According to the Union health ministry data updated at 9 am, the death toll rose to 5,24,323 with 20 more fatalities.
India reports 2,614 recoveries in the last 24 hours
India reports 2,259 new Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths in last 24 hours
With the addition of 26 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra has increased to 7,09,467, an official said on Friday
