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Coronavirus Omicron in India News Highlights 15 January 2022: Telangana reports 1,963 new Covid cases, 2 death today
Coronavirus Omicron Updates today News on 15 January 2022: Latest news updates of happenings from around the world, with special focus on India, Hyderabad, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. From daily coronavirus news about the probable third wave, the number of infections, vaccination and night curfew.
Coronavirus in India: India on Saturday reported 268,833 fresh Covid-19 cases and 402 deaths in last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 14,17,820. The cumulative total for infections stand at 36,850,962, the Union health ministry stated.
There are a total of 6,041 confirmed cases of Omicron.
Coronavirus in Telangana: Telangana on Saturday reported 1,963 fresh COVID-19 cases and took the tally to 7, 07,162 while the death toll rose to 4,054 with two more fatalities.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded the highest number of fresh cases with 1,075 followed by Rangareddy (168) and Medchal Malkajgiri (150) districts, a bulletin said while providing details as of 5.30 PM today. The State reported 2,398 infections on Friday.
A total of 1,620 people recovered from the infection today. The cumulative number of recoveries till date was 6, 81,091.
The number of active cases stood at 22,017, the bulletin said.
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh: The cumulative coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh touched the 21 lakh mark on Saturday, a health bulletin stated.
After reaching the two-million mark on August 20, 2021, the next one lakh cases came in 148 days, the longest spell since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the state.
As 4,955 fresh cases were added in the 24 hours ending at 9 am on Saturday, the total number of cases now stood at 21,01,710.
The latest health bulletin said 397 more people got cured in a day, taking the total recoveries to 20,64,331.
One fresh fatality increased the death toll to 14,509. The number of active cases rose to 22,870, the bulletin added.
Visakhapatnam district registered 1,103 and Chittoor 1,039 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. The remaining 11 districts in the state added less than 400 new cases each, with West Godavari logging the lowest with 55.
West Godavari reported one virus-related death.
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- 15 Jan 2022 4:42 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Pune: 5,705 new cases and 2 deaths reported in the Pune Municipal Corporation area today. The total number of active cases has reached 31,907.
- 15 Jan 2022 4:41 PM GMT
Hyderabad: Rising Covid cases cause serious concern to educational institutions
With Covid cases going up in the State, concerns have raised regarding their effect on educational institutions. Already a few schools have planned online mode, while a few more are on hybrid modes after the Sankranti holidays. With no clarity from the State government, this has raised question that once again children's education is at stake? Read Full Story
- 15 Jan 2022 2:58 PM GMT
Bengal's COVID-19 tally rises to 18,82,761 with 19,064 new cases, 3,581 less than previous day; 39 fresh fatalities push toll to 20,052: Health Dept
- 15 Jan 2022 2:58 PM GMT
Jharkhand extends ongoing COVID-19 restrictions till Jan 31: Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh
- 15 Jan 2022 1:49 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu: 23,989 new cases & 11 deaths in Tamil Nadu today; Active cases stand at 1,31,007
- 15 Jan 2022 1:46 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Mumbai: Mumbai reports 10,661 new cases & 11 deaths today; Active cases 73,518
- 15 Jan 2022 1:42 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Karnataka: Only sick patients requiring emergency care may visit hospitals & autonomous institutions, in view of the prevailing COVID19 situation. All other patients with mild illness shouldn't visit hospitals for the next 2 weeks or until further orders to prevent crowding: Karnataka govt
- 15 Jan 2022 1:40 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Bengaluru: Case load of Bengaluru, which accounted for about 75% of the case load of the State for the last two weeks, falls below 68% as cases in districts rise.
- 15 Jan 2022 1:38 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Karnataka: Test positivity rises to 15% in Karnataka with 32,793 new cases reported today: Karnataka Minister Dr K Sudhakar
- 15 Jan 2022 1:36 PM GMT
Coronavirus in Chandigarh: Chandigarh reports 1,795 new cases today; Active cases at 8,511. Positivity rate at 26.71%
