Coronavirus Omicron in India News Highlights 5 January 2022: Hyderabad reports 979 new covid cases

Over 95% US Covid cases now Omicron: CDC data

With the US shattering a single-day record with over 1 million Covid-19 cases this week, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that the Omicron variant accounted for 95 per cent of new infections last week.

The States of concern are Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat where there has been a rise in cases. 28 districts in the country are reporting more than 10% weekly positivity: Ministry of Health on COVID19

108 Omicron-related deaths reported globally so far: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Bihar Cabinet approves an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each to the next of kin of those who lost their lives to COVID-19

COVID19 vaccine Update: Over 1 crore youngsters between 15-18 age group have received 1st dose of COVID19 vaccine: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Coronavirus in Odisha: Covid cases in Odisha rise by 78% in one day

Odisha reported 1,216 fresh Covid-19 cases, which is 78.82 per cent more than the cases reported on Tuesday.

The state has reported 1261 cases, of which 187 are of 0-18 age group. On Tuesday, 680 cases were reported, while 424 cases were reported on Monday.

Omicron variant cases in Andhra Pradesh: Four more Omicron variant cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Among the diagnosed, one patient is said to be arrived from the USA, two from the United Kingdom, and another woman from abroad. Read Full Story

Gujarat High Court bans entry of general public into its premises, makes it mandatory for 'party-in-person' to produce negative COVID certificate not older than 48 hours for entry

Hong Kong bans flights from eight countries after Omicron outbreak: AFP

Bihar News Updates: Bihar Govt cancels chief minister's 'Janta Darbar' and all events of 'Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan' due to rising cases of COVID-19