Coronavirus Omicron in India Live Updates: India reports 71,365 new coronavirus cases, 1,217 deaths today

Over one crore youngsters between 15-18 age group are now fully vaccinated against COVID19: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Gurugram: Daily city cases fall to 425, two more deaths reported

The city reported 425 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, down from previous day’s 478. With this, Gurgaon now has 3,092 active cases. Two patients, however, died on Tuesday. With the fall in cases, the daily positivity rate dropped to 7.2% from 8.2% on Tuesday. Last month, between January 9 and 28, the city’s positivity rate was over 20%. A total of 64 Covid-19 patients are admitted in hospitals at present, while the rest are in home isolation.

Next Covid variant likely to be more infectious: WHO

Omicron will not be the last variant and the next variant of concern is likely to be more transmissible, the World Health Organization has said, warning against complacency in following Covid-appropriate protocol. "Omicron will not be the last variant you will hear us speaking about. The next variant of concern will be more fit and what we mean by that is it will be more transmissible because it will have to overtake what is currently circulating. The big question is whether or not future variants will be more or less severe," said Maria Van Kerkhove, Covid-19 technical lead at WHO.

Hong Kong to report at least 1,160 daily Covid-19 cases today: Reuters

South Korea reports high 49,567 new daily Covid cases, deaths remain low (Reuters)

India reports 71,365 new Covid-19 cases and 1,217 deaths in the last 24 hours