Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Logs 46,197 New Covid-19 Cases, 125 Omicron Infections In Last 24 Hrs

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Following the Centre's instruction to states and union territories, all districts in Delhi have been given targets according to the active cases there to increase the number of Covid tests being conducted, PTI reported.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the city had been conducting 50,000 to 60,000 coronavirus tests daily for the last six months. This could be raised further to 75,000-80,000 tests per day in view of the latest guidelines.

Meanwhile, Kerala Health Minister Veena George warned the public on Wednesday about the 'super-spread' of the Covid pandemic, claiming that the state was seeing a third wave.

"Delta (variant) was the reason for more cases during the second wave. The third wave happened before it was completely over. Now, both Delta and Omicron are contributing to the surge in COVID cases," Kerala Health Minister was quoted by PTI in its report.

In other news, an expert panel of India's federal drug regulator on Wednesday recommended providing regular market permission to Covid vaccines Covishield and Covaxin, which are presently only approved for emergency use in the country, subject to specific restrictions, as per the official sources.

"The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) which reviewed SII and Bharat Biotech's application for the second time on Wednesday has recommended granting regular market approval to Covishield and Covaxin subject to certain conditions," an official source was quoted by PTI in its report.

 

Also Read: Govt Panel Recommends Regular Market Approval For Covishield And Covaxin

 

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 6,032 new infections, after reporting 6,149 cases a day ago.  

As per the latest figures, the active caseload in the financial capital now stands at 31,856 with the cumulative Covid tally reaching the 10,17,999 mark.

However, Delhi continued to witness a downward spiral of infections with the city reporting 13,785 new Covid cases, 16,580 recoveries and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours. 

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23:46 PM (IST)  •  20 Jan 2022

Maharashtra Logs 46,197 New Covid-19 Cases, 125 Omicron Infections In Last 24 Hrs

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 46,197 fresh coronavirus cases, including 125 Omicron infections, and 37 new deaths, while more than 52,000 patients recovered from the disease.

Maharashtra, COVID-19 | 46,197 new cases, 37 deaths and 52,025 recoveries today; 2,58,569 active cases

Today, 125 patients with Omicron infection have been reported in the state pic.twitter.com/odDy3DzrnW

— ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2022

22:16 PM (IST)  •  20 Jan 2022

Bengal Reports 10,959 Fresh Covid Cases, 37 Deaths

Bengal reports 10,959 new Covid-19 cases and 37 deaths in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate of the state now stands at 16.27 per cent.

West Bengal reports 10,959 new #COVID19 cases, 17,815 recoveries, and 37 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases 1,44,809
Positivity rate 16.27% pic.twitter.com/NK24PVMP3i

— ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2022