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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: 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.
Live Updates
- 14 Dec 2021 10:23 AM GMT
Government makes RTPCR pre-booking process easier for international passengers
- 14 Dec 2021 8:55 AM GMT
Serum Institute to launch Covid vaccine for children in six months: Poonawalla
Serum Institute of India (SII) plans to launch a Covid vaccine for children in the next six months, the company's CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday. Participating in an industry conference, Poonawalla said the vaccine 'Covovax' is under trial and would offer protection to children all the way down till three years. (PTI)
- 14 Dec 2021 8:02 AM GMT
Patient infected with Omicron in Andhra Pradesh tests negative after 14 days
Director of Health in the Andhra Pradesh government stated that an international traveller from Ireland, who had tested positive for the Omicron variant on December 11, has tested negative for Covid-19 after 14 days. "He is under home quarantine. All his contacts have tested negative," the director was quoted as saying by ANI.
The patient had arrived in India on November 27.
- 14 Dec 2021 7:51 AM GMT
Coronavirus Live Updates: Jewellery designer Maheep Kapoor tests positive for COVID-19
Jewellery designer and film personality Maheep Kapoor has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under home quarantine, her actor-husband Sanjay Kapoor said on Tuesday. Maheep, best known for featuring in last year's Netflix series "Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives", is currently asymptomatic. "She has tested positive and fortunately with no symptoms as she is doubly vaccinated. She is following all norms by being self isolated," Sanjay told PTI. There are reports that Maheep's close friend and co-star from "Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives", Seema Khan, has also tested positive for COVID-19 but there's no confirmation yet. On Monday, Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor Khan and her actor-friend Amrita Arora also tested positive for the virus. (PTI)
- 14 Dec 2021 7:45 AM GMT
Four more Omicron Variant cases detected in Delhi
Four new Omicron cases detected, taking the total number of cases to 6. Of the 6 cases, 1 patient has been discharged from the hospital. Currently, 35 Covid positive patients & 3 suspected cases admitted to LNJP hospital: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Omicron case
- 14 Dec 2021 7:44 AM GMT
Four more cases have been reported, the health condition of these patients is stable. All previous Omicron cases in the State have tested COVID negative now: Rajasthan Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena on Omicron cases
- 14 Dec 2021 7:44 AM GMT
4 people arrested for providing a false RT-PCR report to a South African national who was later confirmed to be India’s first Omicron case. The patient, who was in quarantine, managed to leave the country via Dubai after producing a fake report: DCP Central Bengaluru
