India : The Health Ministry on Friday said 101 cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 infection have been recorded across 11 states so far.
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agrawal said, “Omicron variant reported in 91 countries in the world. WHO has said that Omicron is spreading faster than the Delta variant in South Africa where Delta circulation was low. It’s likely Omicron will outpace Delta variant where community transmission occurs.
ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava said, “This is the time to avoid non-essential travel, mass gatherings and it is very important to observe low-intensity festivities.”
India logged 7,447 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,47,26,049, active cases declined to 86,415.
Ministry data as per to-date Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,76,869 with 391 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. A decline of 830 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that four more cases of Omicron have been detected in the national capital, taking the city’s count to 10. Jain said there are currently 40 people, who are suspected cases of the variant, admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital, of whom 38 are Covid-19 positive. “None of the cases have displayed any severe symptoms till now,” he said.
Meanwhile, India on Thursday recorded 7,974 Covid-19 cases and 343 deaths. With 7,948 recoveries, the active cases in the country stood at 87,245.
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