Omicron Updates: 781 cases in India, most in Delhi; restrictions imposed across several states
Delhi has reported the highest Omicron variant cases in the country. The national capital has logged 238 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 167 cases, according to the Health Ministry data.
India has logged 781 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. Delhi has recorded the maximum number of 238 cases of which 57 have recovered/discharged/migrated, according to the Ministry data. Delhi is followed by Maharashtra where 167 people have tested positive for the highly infectious variant of Covid-19. Other states where Omicron variant cases have been reported are Gujarat 73, Kerala 65, Telangana 62, Rajasthan 46, 34 each in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In view of the rising cases, several states have imposed strict restrictions to arrest the spread of the virus. Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have imposed night curfew and revised Covid protocol. According to a Union Health Ministry office memorandum, multi-disciplinary central teams have been deployed in 10 states which are reporting either an increasing number of Omicron and COVID-19 cases or a slow vaccination pace. Meanwhile, in his Mann ki Baat address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday also said self-awareness and self-discipline are the country’s strengths in fighting against the novel variant of the COVID.
781 Omicron cases in India so far
781 Omicron cases in India so far. 9,195 new COVID19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, active caseload at 77,002
J-K’s education dept staff to be deployed for COVID duties
With the country reporting more than 650 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 so far, the staff members from the education department in Jammu and Kashmir will be redeployed to the COVID duties in all districts of the Union Territory.
According to the order released by the UT administration on Tuesday, a detailed review meeting regarding the current COVID-19 situation was held in Jammu by the Chief Secretary (Chairman SEC) J-K with the ACS (Finance), Principal Secretary(Home) and other high officials of Jammu and Kashmir on December 18 and 24, wherein it was decided that there is a need to continue and further strengthen the existing COVID-19 containment measures in all districts in view of newly discovered variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron).
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