Coronavirus LIVE News: With 7,081 people being tested for coronavirus per day, the number of cases in India has risen to 3,47,40,275, with fewer active cases reaching 83,913, the lowest in 570 days, according to union health department data. . new on Sunday.
The death toll rose to 4,77,422, with 264 deaths daily, according to updated data at 8am.
At that time, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands received twice the amount of COVID vaccine at 100 percent of its target beneficiaries. Officials said it was the first time between the regions and territories of the Union to do this work using only Covishield.
India’s Omicron COVID figure rose to 126 on Saturday after Karnataka and Kerala reported six and four counts in a row, while three other people in Maharashtra were also tested for differences. According to central and state officials, omicron cases were found in 11 states and union districts – Maharashtra (43), Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17) and Karnataka (14), Telangana (8), Gujarat (7), Kerala. (11), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1).
While the first two national cases of a different Omicron were discovered in Karnataka on December 2, this highly mutated species of coronavirus was first reported in South Africa on November 24.
Omicron coronavirus variants have been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases doubled in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with public transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.