New Delhi: The Omicron cases in India continue to rise with the total tally nearing 780. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday (December 29, 2021) morning, there have been 781 infections of the new COVID-19 variant across 21 states and UT in the country.
Of the 781 cases, 241 people have been either discharged, recovered or migrated.
Delhi, Maharastra, Gujarat and Kerala have reported the most number of Omicron cases.
State | Omicron cases | Discharged/Recovered/Migrated |
Delhi | 238 | 57 |
Maharashtra | 167 | 72 |
Gujarat | 73 | 17 |
Kerala | 65 | 1 |
Telangana | 62 | 10 |
Rajasthan | 46 | 30 |
Karnataka | 34 | 18 |
Tamil Nadu |
34 | 36 |
Haryana | 12 | 2 |
West Bengal |
11 | 1 |
Madhya Pradesh |
9 | 7 |
Odisha | 8 | 0 |
Andhra Pradesh |
6 | 1 |
Uttarakhand | 4 | 0 |
Chandigarh | 3 | 2 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
3 | 3 |
Uttar Pradesh |
2 | 2 |
Goa | 1 | 0 |
Himachal Pradesh |
1 | 1 |
Ladakh | 1 | 1 |
Manipur | 1 | 0 |
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also informed that India reported 9,195 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the country's tally of coronavirus cases has increased to 3,48,08,886, while the active caseload has jumped to 77,002.
302 fresh fatalities also pushed India's death toll to 4,80,592.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the overall risk related to Omicron 'remains very high'. In a weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 on Tuesday, the global health body stated that consistent evidence shows that the Omicron variant has a 'growth advantage over the Delta variant' with a doubling time of 2-3 days.
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