Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Reports 11,877 New COVID Cases, 50 Patients Test Omicron Positive
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: In a massive surge, Delhi on Saturday recorded 2,716 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 21, and one death while the positivity rate mounted to 3.64%.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: The national capital's South district has reported the highest number of Covid cases in a single day at 372 while the northeast district had the least at 52, according to official data shared on Saturday, as Delhi sees a major spurt in cases with each passing day.
Delhi has so far logged 351 cases of Omicron with it emerging as the dominant variant among samples being genome sequenced here. Out of the 11 districts of the national capital, barring one, all other areas have case figures in three digits.
In a massive surge, Delhi recorded 2,716 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 21, and one death while the positivity rate mounted to 3.64 per cent, according to data shared by the city's health department on Saturday.
The daily case count on Saturday breached the 2000-mark after a gap of over seven months.
Gujarat reported 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the tally of such infections in the state to 136, the health department said.
The day before the state had reported 16 such cases.
Ahmedabad city alone accounted for 11 new Omicron cases, Surat four, Vadodara, Anand and Kutch two cases each, and Kheda and Rajkot one case each.
Only 12 of these patients had recent international travel history. As many as 65 Omicron patients have recovered in the state so far, including 11 who were discharged from hospitals on Saturday.
Ahmedabad city has reported the highest 50 Omicron cases till now, followed by Vadodara with 23, Surat 16 and Anand 13 cases.
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Rajasthan imposes fresh curbs amid the Covid surge
— ANI (@ANI) January 2, 2022
"In Jaipur, all govt and private schools will be closed for classes 1 to 8 from Jan 3 till Jan 9. Other District collectors can take decisions as per requirement discussing it with education dept," reads the official release pic.twitter.com/wTlpiSvK35
Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo Tests COVID Positive
"On seeing the symptoms of Corona infection, I got tested for COVID in Raipur this evening, in which my report has come out positive. I am in good health right now and as per the directions of the doctors, I am undergoing treatment in home isolation": Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh wrote on Twitter.
कोरोना संक्रमण के लक्षण देखने पर आज शाम रायपुर में मैंने अपनी कोविड जाँच करवाई, जिसमें मेरी रिपोर्ट पॉजिटिव आई है।
— T S Singhdeo (@TS_SinghDeo) January 2, 2022
अभी मेरी तबियत ठीक है एवं चिकित्सकों के निर्देशानुसार मैं होम आइसोलेशन में रहकर उपचार ले रहा हूँ। (1/2)
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Maharashtra reports 11,877 new COVID cases, 50 more patients test positive for Omicron
#COVID19 | Maharashtra reports 11,877 new cases, 2,069 recoveries, and 9 deaths today. Active cases stand at 42,024
— ANI (@ANI) January 2, 2022
50 patients with Omicron infection have been reported in the state today, a total of 510 Omicron cases have been reported in Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/WkkPHX2Z9I
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