Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Reports 31 New Omicron Cases, Total Count In State Reaches 141
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After announcing the vaccine for children and 'precaution dose' for the frontline workers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 84th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ today. This will be the final edition of the monthly radio programme for 2021."Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts in #MannKiBaat today at 11 AM," All India Radio News tweeted.
Gujarat on Friday reported 6 new Omicron cases, taking the state's tally of the new Covid variant to 49.
Alarmingly, the state also reported 179 fresh Covid cases and 2 deaths on Saturday against 34 recoveries, nearly double than the 98 new cases it had reported on Friday.
Of the 6 new Omicron cases, 3 were found in Kheda, 2 in Ahmedabad city and 1 in Rajkot. Majority of these cases had returned from the UK.
Of the 49 Omicron cases in Gujarat, Vadodara tops the chart with 17 cases, followed by Ahmedabad (11), Kheda (6), Anand (4), Jamnagar city and Mahesana (3 each), Surat (2), and Gandhinagar, Rajkot and Rajkot city (1 each).
The state's active Covid caseload presently stands at 837, as compared to Friday's 694.
Among the new cases reported on Sunday, Ahmedabad reported the most at 61, followed by Surat (20), Vadodara (14) and Rajkot (13), among others.
Two more Omicron variant cases reported in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (PTI) Two more people, including an 80-year-old man, were found to be infected with Omicron, taking the total cases of the latest variant of coronavirus reported in the city so far to three.
Of the three cases, two have been discharged and there is now only one active Omicron case in the city, according to an official statement.
It stated that samples of five family contacts of the previous Omicron positive case were sent for genome sequencing to the National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi.
Two of these were found to be positive for the Omicron variant, it said.
Of these two, the 80-year old male suffers from hypertension. However, he is asymptomatic and has been isolated in a hospital, the statement said.
It said the octogenarian was tested on December 24 and was found positive for the omicron variant. He will be re-tested on January 1, the statement said.
The other Omicron positive case was a 45-year-old man. He tested negative for coronavirus on December 24 and was discharged, it said.
Notably, a 20-year-old man who had come from Italy to meet his relatives had tested positive for Omicron on December 12. He was the first patient of the new COVID-19 variant in Chandigarh.
Following this, five of his relatives were tested. Two of them were found omicron positive while reports of genome sequencing of the remaining three persons were pending.
Kerala reports 19 more cases of Omicron, State tally at 57
Kerala reports 19 more cases of Omicron, taking the total tally of the state to 57: Kerala Health Minister Veena George (ANI)
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