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Omicron Coronavirus News India Highlights: Maharashtra Reports 8 New Omicron Cases; 7 of Them in Mumbai
Omicron Coronavirus News India Highlights: The Omicron tally in India has climbed to 45 cases- Maharashtra (20), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Gujarat (4), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and Union Territories of Delhi (6) and Chandigarh (1).
Omicron Coronavirus News India Highlights: Delhi on Tuesday reported 4 new Omicron cases, taking the tally in the national capital to 6, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. He added that of the 6 cases, one has been discharged from hospital. Officials said that all 6 are stable and have mild to moderate symptoms.
The other states to have reported the new Covid-19 variant are Maharashtra (20), Gujarat (4), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and Union Territory of Chandigarh (1).
In the last 24 hours ending December 14, 8 am, India recorded 5,784 new Covid-19 cases and 252 deaths. With 7,995 recoveries, the total number of active cases in India have declined to 88,993, the lowest in 563 days, as per the Union Healthy ministry.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has reported the first death of a person infected with the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The news was confirmed by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.
Omicron Coronavirus India Live Updates: United Kingdom reported the first death due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Follow live updates here.
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- 14 Dec 2021 6:32 PM GMT
Nashik: A 49-year-old man from Mali, a west African country, has tested positive for Covid-19, said NMC health department officials
The civic body has sent his samples for genome sequencing to the Pune-based NIV lab to check if it is a case of Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. NMC officials said that a three-member team from Mali had reached Nashik city on Sunday for official work and was put up in a hotel. The NMC team had collected swab samples of the trio on Monday and one of them tested positive.
- 14 Dec 2021 5:38 PM GMT
WHO's emergency director Mike Ryan says vaccines are not failing at large, they seem to provide a level of protection against Omicron, reports Reuters
- 14 Dec 2021 5:37 PM GMT
WHO's incidence manager Mahmoud says what happens in South Africa might not be applicable to other countries, but Omicron causes higher reinfection rates there, reports Reuters
- 14 Dec 2021 5:37 PM GMT
WHO Henao-Restrepo says holding meeting on Wednesday on Covid-19 vaccines, reports Reuters
- 14 Dec 2021 5:37 PM GMT
WHO's Tedros says 77 countries have now reported cases of Omicron variant which is spreading faster than any other strain, reports Reuters
- 14 Dec 2021 5:37 PM GMT
WHO's Tedros says people wrong to consider Omicron as causing mild disease, could overwhelm unprepared health systems, reports Reuters
- 14 Dec 2021 5:36 PM GMT
Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate, 'probably in all countries', says WHO, reports AFP
- 14 Dec 2021 5:35 PM GMT
Eight new cases of the Omicron variant were reported from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region on Tuesday, taking the count of cases linked to the variant to 28.
- 14 Dec 2021 5:35 PM GMT
Tamil Nadu records 649 new Covid-19 cases, 695 recoveries and 09 deaths in the last 24 hours, reports ANI
