Amid the rapid spread of the new highly-transmissible Omicron variant, the US has reported more than one million Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, breaking previous records for single-day infection spike, according to health authorities.As of 5 a.m. on Tuesday, the country registered 1.07 million confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, which increased…Continue Reading
India detected 37,379 new coronavirus cases and 124 more fatalities in the span of 24 hours, the most Covid cases since September, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated on Tuesday. The Omicron tally too saw a jump, as 1,892 cases were reported across 23 states and Union Territories so far. Of those cases,…Continue Reading
New Delhi: India saw the highest single-day rise of 309 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, taking the country’s tally of such cases to 1,270, the Union health ministry said on Friday. It also recorded 16,764 fresh COVID-19 cases and 220 more fatalities due to the viral disease. Of the 1,270 patients infected…Continue Reading
Last Updated: 29th December, 2021 21:48 IST Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 85 fresh cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the highest single-day tally recorded so far by any state in the country, taking the overall count to 252, the state health department said. Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 85 fresh cases of the Omicron variant…Continue Reading
New Delhi: As many as 422 Omicron cases have been detected across 17 states and union territories in India so far and 130 of these people have recovered or migrated, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of Omicron cases at 108, followed by Delhi at 79,…Continue Reading
Britain reports a further 12,133 Omicron cases in 24 hoursReutersLast Updated: Dec 19, 2021, 07:50 PM ISTSynopsisThe UK Health Security Agency said on Twitter there had been an additional 12,133 confirmed cases of Omicron over the previous 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 37,101.AgenciesThe United Kingdom reported more than 12,000 further…Continue Reading
Nagpur: The Nagpur district in Maharashtra reported its first case of COVID-19 new variant Omicron, informed Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B on Sunday. The 40-year-old patient, who tested positive for omicron, has a history of travelling to West Africa. “After returning to Nagpur, the man underwent genome sequencing along with the COVID-19 test. Only then did…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday admitted in Parliament that there were some “inadvertent errors” in listing names of people — who have been given Covid vaccination certificates — while they were either dead or did not receive the vaccine. In reply to questions raised by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, junior health minister Bharti…Continue Reading
Britain reported 101 new cases of the Omicron COVID variant taking the total cases to 437, British health authorities confirmed Tuesday. The early indications are that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is more transmissible than Delta, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he updated his team of ministers on the latest COVID-19 situation at…Continue Reading
The national capital reported 51 cases of COVID-19 and zero death on Tuesday as the positivity rate stood at 0.1 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. The city had recorded the only death due to the viral disease in December on Monday. Seven fatalities were reported in November, four in…Continue Reading