Omicron Coronavirus : Three-year-old among 7 new Omicron cases detected in Maharashtra
Coronavirus Active Cases in India Today, COVID-19 New Variant Omicron Latest News 10 December 2021: With this India's tally of the new variant infection rose to 32.
Omicron Covid-19 Variant Live Updates: Seven new cases of Omicron variant detected in Maharashtra on Friday. Out of the positive patients, three are in Mumbai and four in Pimpari Chinchwad. Four of them have been fully vaccinated while one patient has received a single dose of vaccine. One is unvaccinated while other is a three and a half years old baby not eligible for vaccination. Also, four of the patients are asymptomatic while 3 are displaying mild symptoms.
Earlier in the day, two cases of Omicron were reported from Gujarat taking the state’s tally of the new variant to three. With this India’s tally of the new variant infection rose to 32.
The usage of masks in the country has declined to pre second surge levels and now India is in the dangerous zone operating at a risky and unacceptable level, said Dr VK Paul, chief of India’s Covid-19 task force and Member-Health, NITI Aayog.
Meanwhile, India reported nine new cases of Omicron variant on Friday – two from Gujarat and seven from Maharashtra. With 8,503 people testing positive for the coronavirus in a day, India’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 3,46,74,744, while the number of active cases rose to 94,943, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll mounted to 4,74,735 with the addition of 624 new fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 43 days now. The number of active cases has increased to 94,943, comprising 0.27 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.36 per cent, the highest since March 2020,the Health Ministry said.
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