Covid-19, Omicron Cases In India Live Updates: Telangana reports five more Omicron cases

The Andhra Pradesh Medical Health Department has issued key directives on the covid vaccination process for teenagers and the booster dose. The government has released guidelines on the vaccination process to this extent. The vaccination registration process for those aged 15-18 will start from January 1 and issued instructions for vaccination for those aged 15 to 18 from January 3, 2022. Read Full Story

Over 13K Infections as India Sees Spike in Covid Cases for 2nd Day

India recorded 13,154 Covid cases in the last 24 hours. According to data from the Centre and the states, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country crossed 10,000 yesterday after a little over a month. On November 26, the total reported was 10,549.

Delhi Reports Maximum Cases of Omicron, Country's Tally Rises to 961

India saw the highest single day rise of 180 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, taking the total tally of such infections in the country to 961, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The 961 cases have been detected across 22 states and UTs so far, and 320 people have recovered or migrated.

Delhi recorded the maximum number of 263 cases followed by Maharashtra at 252, Gujarat 97, Rajasthan 69, Kerala 65 and Telangana 62. The daily rise in COVID-19 cases crossed 13,000 mark after around 49 days taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,48,22,040, while the active cases increased to 82,402, according to the data updated at 8 am. The death toll has climbed to 4,80,860 with 268 fresh fatalities, the data stated.

Mizoram Logs 202 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, One More Fatality

Mizoram’s COVID-19 count rose to 1,41,157 on Thursday with 202 fresh cases, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 542, a health department official said. At least 38 children were among the newly infected people, he said.

The single-day positivity rate increased to 9.80 per cent from 6.70 per cent the previous day. Of the new cases, Aizawl district reported 82 infections, Mamit (48), Khawzawl (19), Lunglei (11), Kolasib (11), Lawngtlai (12), Serchhip (7), Saitual (6) and Champhai (6), the official said. The northeastern state now has 1,570 active cases, while 1,39,045 people have so far recovered from the infection.

Covid-19 Cases Latest News: Actor Shilpa Shirodkar tests positive for COVID-19

In other news, actor Shilpa Shirodkar, known for films such as "Hum", "Khuda Gawah" and "Aankhen", on Thursday said she has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In an Instagram post, the 1990s popular star shared that she had tested four days ago.

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