Omicron variant LIVE Updates: Delhi govt officers' leaves cancelled to ensure enough manpower, says DDMA

Uttarakhand government extends night curfew by an hour, to be applicable from 10pm to 5pm until further orders, in view of surge in Covid19 cases.

28 MBBS students have been tested Covid today at North Bengal Medical College & Hospital. 7 nursing staff & 2 medical staff also tested positive for the virus, informed Dr Sanjay Mallick, Medical Superintendent and Vice Principle, North Bengal.

Delhi National Zoological Park shuts down temporarily amid rising numbers of Covid cases, said a zoo official.

Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration has imposed fresh curbs in the union territory including 9 pm - 6 am night curfew in view of rising numbers of Covid-19 cases.

Issuing the order, the administration said, "there shall be a complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire UT from 9 pm to 6 am till further orders."

Assam on Wednesday reported its first Omicron case after a Saudi Arabia returnee tested positive for the new coronavirus variant, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said. The 35-year-old man, who hails from Hojai district, was found infected with the Omicron variant, he said. His sample was sent to the Jorhat-based North East Institute of Science and Technology as he had tested positive for COVID-19 after his return from the West Asian country, the minister said.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav has tested positive for Covid-19. He has been isolated at home.

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 4,862 new cases and 9 deaths. The active cases stand at 16,577.

31 MBBS final year students of Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences have tested positive in Ballari District of Karnataka.

On Sunday 5 students had tested positive, after which other 245 students and 50 staff members were tested in which 26 more students tested positive, taking the total tally to 31.

A look at list of resident doctors who have tested positive for Covid in Maharashtra 

• JJ-73
• VDGMCH LATUR-01
• SVNGMC YAVATMAL-00
• Sbhgmc Dhule-08
• GMC MIRAJ-02
• HBTMC and Dr. RN Cooper Hospital-07
• IGGMC NAGPUR-01
• GMC AURANGABAD-01
• KEM MUMBAI-60
• SION-80
• RGMC, Thane-8
• VMGMC SOLAPUR-00
• RCSM GMC KOLHAPUR-00
• BJGMC, Pune-05
• NAIR MUMBAI-45

Chandigarh reported 229 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. Active caseload in the city at 665 while positivity rate is at 12.07%.

Leave of all Delhi government officers, staff cancelled to ensure adequate manpower to handle Covid wave, said DDMA.

All the galleries of National Museum shall remain closed for visitors from today till further order. However, all departments of the museum will remain open as per order, Ministry of Culture said.

Assam reports first Omicron case as Saudi Arabia returnee tests positive for new coronavirus variant: Health Minister 

Gujarat has reported 3,350 Covid cases in last 24 hours. Maximum number of fresh cases (1,660) has been recorded in Ahmedabad. Surat reported 690 cases, while Rajkot and Vadodara reported 159 and 181 cases respectively. 

Odisha government issues new Covid guidelines to be effective from 5 AM of January 7 till 5 AM of February 1. Schools, colleges up to Class 12th shall be closed. Online classes to continue for classes 10th, 12th. Shops to operate from 5 AM-9 PM every day. Markets/cinema halls to close at 9 PM.

Delhi reports 10, 665 fresh Covid cases and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours; active cases 23,307. The positivity rate rises to 11.88 per cent.

15,166 new Covid cases were reported in Mumbai on Wednesday, 39% higher than Tuesday

418 new cases- 311 from Jammu and 107 from Kashmir, and 140 recoveries reported in Jammu & Kashmir. Active cases in the UT are 1819

Schools, malls, gyms, auditoriums, marriage halls to operate at 1/3rd capacity. Negative RT-PCR reports mandatory at airport, bus stand and railway station says Raipur District Collector

All schools in Nagpur city from class 1 to 8 will be closed till January 31, says Dr Nitin Raut, Guardian Minister, Nagpur 

Rajasthan reports 1,883 new Covid cases including 2 deaths in the last 24 hours.

404 corona cases were detected in Nagpur, an increase of more than 200 from yesterday.

Gurugram reports 1,178 fresh cases in the last 24 hours out of which 12 were found to be of Omicron variant. Now there are 51 Omicron cases in the city. 71 people have also recovered from infectious disease.

Kerala reports 4,801 new cases, 29 deaths, 1813 recoveries in last the 24 hours. The active cases in the state are at 22,910 while death tally at 48,895. 229 deaths were added to the death tally as per the new guidelines of the Central government, says Kerala govt in an official statement.

Chhattisgarh reports first Omicron case in Bilaspur. The 52-year-old patient has a travel history to the United Arab Emirates, state government said.

Night curfew to be imposed in Raipur from 9 pm to 6 am. Hotels/restaurants, bakery, food courts, and food delivery to operate till 11 pm, Raipur District Collector said.

Be vigilant, COVID-19 cases are doubling each day, next 2 weeks are crucial, says Expert.

Karnataka reports 4,246 fresh Covid-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours. 

As the country looms around the third Covid wave, Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021 will be held as per schedule i.e. on 7th, 8th, 9th, 15th, and 16th January 2022. UPSC has requested states for ensuring a smooth movement of the candidates/examination functionaries.

Omicron is the predominant circulating strain in the cities in the country, mass gatherings to be avoided to lower the speed of this spread, said Dr Balram Bhargava, DG-ICMR.

DG, ADG rank officials among 150 police personnel test positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand, reports PTI.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday announced night curfew in the state from January 6, 10 pm - 5 am, and full lockdown on January 9 (Sunday). Restaurants will only operate for takeaways from 7 am-10 pm.

Also, only online classes to be allowed for classes 1 to 9 and physical classes for classes 10, 12, the chief minister informed.

In view of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo requested Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to start a genome sequencing facility in the state soon.

The quarantine period for home isolation patients was reduced to 7 days from 14 days in Delhi, as per Ministry of Health guidelines. In these 7 days, if a patient doesn't have any symptoms for 3 consecutive days, then the patient can be discharged from home isolation without a Covid test, the government said.

A total of 25.2 lakh Covid cases were recorded globally on 4th January, the highest ever since the onset of the pandemic. Approx 65% of cases in the week ending 4th January were reported from the USA, UK, France, Italy and Spain, Ministry of Health said.

India has reported a more than 6.3 times increase in cases in the last 8 days. A sharp increase positivity rate seen from 0.79% on 29th Dec 2021 to 5.03% on 5th January, the government informed.

The States of concern are Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat where there has been a rise in cases. 28 districts in the country are reporting more than 10% weekly positivity rate, Ministry of Health said.

A total of 7.4 crore children between 15-18 years are eligible for COVID19 vaccination, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.

Addressing a presser, the Health Ministry on Wednesday said that 108 Omicron-related deaths have been reported globally so far. 

Over 1 crore youngsters between 15-18 age group have received 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine

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Twenty-one students pursuing MBBS course from the Vijayanagar Medical college here have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said on Wednesday. According to college authorities, random tests were conducted among 250 students staying at a hostel, who were exposed to the virus.

"The COVID random test was done for all the students in the hostel. Among them 21 were found infected and they have been shifted to the District Hospital for treatment," Dr T Gangadhargowda, Director of VIMS said. 

Bihar govt cancels Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'Janta Darbar' and all events of 'Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan' due to rising cases of COVID-19

Over 1 crore youngsters between 15-18 age group have received 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine, says Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Out of 60 COVID positive patients on a Cordelia cruise ship, 41 have been shifted to COVID-care center, hospital, and hotels: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

Bihar Cabinet approves an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each to the next of kin of those who lost their lives to COVID-19

At least 40 staff at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence in Patna have tested positive for Covid-19. Patna is the worst-hit district in Bihar. Both the deputy CMs Tar Kishore Prasad and Renu Devi have also tested positive for the coronavirus. Besides, two ministers -- Excise Minister Sunil Kumar and Building Construction Minister Ashok Chaudhary have tested positive.

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Fresh restrictions imposed in Bihar in wake of rising COVID cases

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Hong Kong bans flights from eight countries after Omicron outbreak, reports AFP

Gujarat High Court bans entry of the general public into its premises.

A COVID-19 vaccine booster aimed at tackling multiple coronavirus variants shows promise in inducing a comprehensive immune response, early data suggests. The initial phase one clinical data shows the vaccine has strong levels of neutralising antibodies, similar to approved mRNA vaccines, but at up to a 10-fold lower dose in the first 10 individuals.

The yet-to-be peer-reviewed results also show the vaccine, being trialled with the anticipated involvement of 20 people aged 60 and over, was generally safe and well-tolerated.

Over 50 people, including students and a faculty member, have tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT-Guwahati over the last six days, forcing the authorities to impose restrictions on the campus. Almost 99 per cent of the cases were people who returned to the campus from outside Assam after holidays, said Parmeshwar Iyer, Dean-PR, IIT-Guwahati.

Erica Fernandes, star of the TV show "Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi", said she and her mother have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

In her Instagram post, the 28-year-old actor also cautioned fans and followers about home test kits for COVID-19, which she claimed were "not reliable at all".

Erica Fernandes tests COVID positive 

As 81 per cent of Delhi's COVID cases report to be that of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, health experts are of the belief that the virus can mutate further and have warned all to be very cautious and not to take the third wave lightly.

Dr SCL Gupta, the Medical Director of Batra Hospital has said, "This is an RNA virus that keeps mutating; at which point it'll change its mutation from Omicron to something else, we will never know."

"We have to be very conscious about this particular third wave and must not take it lightly," he added.

Three staff members at MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s bungalow test COVID positive

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61 resident doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 at JJ Hospital in Mumbai, confirms Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors

The Congress party has cancelled all scheduled elections in Uttar Pradesh

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Union Health Ministry has issued revised guidelines for home isolation of mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Wearing double face masks and maintaining social distancing are recommended. People must not go to crowded places unless it is an emergency, says Dr. Ashish Khattar, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine at Delhi's Venkateshwar Hospital 

Sourav Ganguly's daughter Sana has tested positive for COVID-19. She is in home isolation and is experiencing mild symptoms. 

Three other members in Ganguly's family have also tested COVID positive and are in isolation

Dr. Ashish Khattar, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine at Delhi's Venkateshwar Hospital says ICU admission for COVID positive patients is not required as of now.

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A five-fold increase in Covid-19 cases in Telangana in the last one week has sent health authorities into a tizzy and sparked fears of a third wave.

The daily count, which was around 200 last week, surged to 1,052 on Tuesday. The infections more than doubled in 24 hours. The state had reported 482 cases on Monday.

Ladakh has reported 32 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 22,321 out of which 21,836 patients have cured while the active cases in the union territory has gone down to 265, officials said.

The union territory has recorded 220 Covid-related deaths -- 162 in Leh and 58 in Kargil -- since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, they said.

Amid reports that Omicron has symptoms akin to a common cold, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that it is not a common cold and should not be taken lightly.

The four most common symptoms of the Omicron variant are cough, fatigue, congestion and runny nose, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis. A recent study by UK-based Zoe Covid app added nausea and loss of appetite to the category.

Several studies from South Africa, the US and the UK have shown that the infections caused by the highly transmissible variant are generally mild, with less hospitalisation required.

Uttar Pradesh Congress has postponed its 'Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun' marathon due to rise in COVID cases 

Report shows India's COVID-19 case tally today. 

The country today saw a single-day rise of 58,097 Covid cases; 2,135 Omicron cases detected so far.

SAD (Sanyukt) president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection and has isolated himself at his house, a party statement said. 

The Rajya Sabha member was scheduled to participate in a rally to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ferozepur today.

A staff member at one of megastar Amitabh Bachchan's bungalows has tested positive for COVID-19. The BMC official said that out of 31 staff members of both of the veteran star's bungalows, Pratiksha and Jalsa, one tested positive during the routine COVID-19 tests.

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The released of Prabhas and Pooja Hegde-starrer romantic drama "Radhe Shyam" has been pushed indefinitely, days before its scheduled arrival on January 14, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, the makers announced on Wednesday.

Delhi Govt has instructed private hospitals to increase the number of reserved beds for COVID patients to 40% from 10% of their capacity. Nearly 2% of beds are occupied in the government hospitals, says Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

Delhi is likely to report around 10,000 COVID infections today, with the daily positivity rate rising to nearly 10%. The third wave of COVID-19 has set in, says Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

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Maharashtra BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Pravin Darekar tests COVID-19 positive

Andhra Pradesh reported fresh 334 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest daily spike after November 10, 2021, said a state health bulletin.

The state reported one death and 95 recoveries on Tuesday. The total number of active cases in the state on Tuesday stood at 1,516.

"594 positive cases have been reported in the state in the last 24 hours. Number of active cases stands at 1544. We have decided to impose a fine of Rs 200 for those not wearing face masks in public places," Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang said today

Maharashtra remains the worst hit with the maximum number of COVID-19 and its variant Omicron cases

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Bihar Deputy CM Renu Devi and State Minister Sunil Kumar diagnosed with COVID-19

Mumbai: 60 BEST employees have tested positive for COVID-19

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Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 295 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.45 million and vaccinations to over 9.24 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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New Zealand reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 11,003. Among the new infections, five were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, three in nearby Waikato, and nine in Bay of Plenty, according to the Ministry of Health.

A total of 44 cases are being treated in hospitals, including five in intensive care units or high dependency units, a ministry statement said.

Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday reported a spurt in COVID-19 cases with 23 people testing positive, a senior health official said.
The state had reported nine cases on Tuesday. A positivity rate of 5.01 per cent was recorded as the new cases were detected after testing 459 samples, the official said.

Lohit district reported most of the new cases with seven people found to be positive, followed by six cases detected in the Capital Complex Region and three in Namsai.

There are 45 active cases in the state at present.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has informed that he is dealing with some "domestic COVID situations" and said he will connect with his fans later. Amitabh Bachchan, who regularly updates his fans about his personal and professional life through his blog, wrote a cryptic one-line text on the platform on Tuesday.

"Dealing with some domestic COVID situations .. will connect later," the 79-year-old actor, who got fully vaccinated in May 2021, wrote.

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Delhi government allows metro trains and buses to run at 100% seating capacity

Singer Sonu Nigam and his family has tested positive for COVID-19

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A total of 2,135 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected across 24 states and UTs so far, out of which 828 have recovered or migrated, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.

Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 653 cases followed by Delhi at 464, Kerala 185, Rajasthan 174, Gujarat 154 and Tamil Nadu 121 cases.

India reports 58,097 fresh COVID cases, 15,389 recoveries, and 534 deaths in the last 24 hours

Daily positivity rate: 4.18%

Active cases: 2,14,004     
Total recoveries: 3,43,21,803     
Death toll: 4,82,551     

Total vaccination: 147.72 crore doses

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DCGI's Subject Expert Committee (SEC) grants 'in principle' approval to Bharat Biotech for conduct of 'Phase III superiority study & Phase III booster dose study' for its intranasal COVID vaccine; asks it to submit protocols for approval

Maharashtra: Amid rising cases of COVID-19 infection, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar chairs a meeting with Health Minister Rajesh Tope and senior govt officers in Mumbai

Malaysia reported 2,842 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 2,769,886, according to the health ministry.

Some 332 of the new cases are imported, with 2,510 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed.

Another 31 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 31,591.

Telangana High Court suspends physical hearing in wake of Omicron cases. 

"However, the judges will have the discretion to hear the matters either physically or virtually," says the court in a notification

Russia reported 15,903 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,570,212, the official monitoring and response centre said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the national death toll increased by 834 to 312,187, while the number of recoveries increased by 27,071 to 9,575,147, Xinhua news agency reported.

Sikkim's COVID-19 tally rose to 32,530 on Tuesday as 10 people, seven more than the previous day, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. Nine cases were registered in East Sikkim and one in West Sikkim.

The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 409 as no fresh fatality was registered.

The Maharashtra government has asked the Centre to increase the stocks of Molnupiravir and other anti-viral drugs used to treat COVID-19 as the cases increase, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Tuesday. The state has also asked the Union health ministry to bring down the prices of ready-made monoclonal antibodies, he told reporters.

He spoke with central officials earlier in the day, Tope said.

Nagpur district in Maharashtra registered 196 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while the active tally rose to 696, the local administration said. An official release said out of the 196 cases, 166 were from Nagpur city alone.

With this, Nagpur district has registered 4,94,522 coronavirus cases till date.

On January 1, Nagpur had registered 54 COVID-19 cases followed by 90 on January 2 and 133 on January 3. Also, 26 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, the release said.

The number of new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district recorded a nearly three-fold rise at 103 on Tuesday from 37 a day ago, taking the overall tally to 1,50,039, an official said.

Out of the 103 fresh cases of coronavirus, a majority - 87 - were found in Aurangabad city, he said.

As many as 1,46,209 patients have been discharged so far in the district, where the death toll stood at 3,656. The number of active cases in the district shot up to 174 from 95 on Monday, the official said.

With six travelers who had arrived in the state from the United Kingdom testing positive for Omicron infection, the tally of such cases in Goa rose to 11 on Tuesday.

France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country, burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services.

The French government is straining to avoid a new economically damaging lockdown, and is instead trying to rush a vaccine pass bill through parliament in hopes that it is enough to protect hospitals.

But with Europe's highest number of confirmed daily virus cases, after weeks of record-breaking figures, France is in an increasingly challenging position. France's average daily case load has more than doubled in a week, with an overall current infection rate of more than 1,671 people out of 100,000 over the past week.

President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the US set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant.

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COVID-19 infections are rising across Mexico, especially in two states home to major tourism destinations on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that were busy during the holiday season.

According to data from the federal government, Quintana Roo, where tourists flock to Cancun, Tulum and other spots along the Mayan Riviera, and Baja California Sur, which draws beachgoers to the twin Pacific resorts that make up Los Cabos, are both experiencing some of their highest infection totals since the start of the pandemic.

During the holidays, the waterfront and beaches in La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur perched on the Sea of Cortez, were packed with tourists. Early in the pandemic they had been closed.

The omicron variant accounted for 95% of new coronavirus infections last week, according to US health officials' latest estimates. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention posted its newest estimates Tuesday. The CDC uses genomic surveillance data to make projections about which versions of the COVID-19 viruses are causing the maximum new infections.

The latest estimates suggest a dramatic swing - in just one month - in which version of the coronavirus is most abundant. Beginning in late June, the delta variant was the main version causing US infections. 

The CDC said more than 99.5% of coronaviruses were delta as recently as the end of November.

The highly contagious Omicron variant could become a dominant coronavirus strain in Singapore in the next two months, completely replacing the Delta variant, a senior infectious diseases expert has warned. The island-state has recorded 438 new Omicron cases on Tuesday, with the weekly infection growth rate going above one for the first time since Nov 12, The Straits Times reported.

"If the predictions are correct, we can expect high numbers with a mild disease, but we can't be sure of this yet," the report quoted Professor Dale Fisher, a senior consultant at the National University Hospital's infectious diseases division, as saying on Tuesday.

Fisher said Singapore needs to retain its balancing act of keeping the country safe while not stifling travel, social activities and economic activity unnecessarily. It is a constant challenge when there are unknowns appearing regularly.

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 149 new cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus taking the cumulative tally of Omicron cases in the state to 226.

Meanwhile, Karnataka reported 2,479 new COVID-19 cases, 288 recoveries, and four deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the state health department on Tuesday. Active cases in the state stand at 13,532.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday mandated all international passengers from at-risk and high-risk countries and UAE arriving at Mumbai International Airport to undergo rapid RT-PCR or other COVID tests.

"If tested negative, the passengers will be allowed to leave and stay under 7-day home quarantine. Those found positive to undergo institutional quarantine. The rest of the passengers who are fully vaccinated need not go for the test unless asked to do so by authorities," said Kiran Dighavkar, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, BMC.

Maharashtra reported 18,466 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Tuesday. The cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have gone up to 653.

Jharkhand reported 2,681 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Tuesday. Of the new cases, Ranchi reported the highest number of cases at 1,196, followed by East Singhbhum (402) and Koderma (152) districts.

With the addition of new cases, the active caseload in the state mounted to 7,681.

As many as 216 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. However, the new fatalities pushed the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 5,149.

In view of rising COVID-19 cases in the city, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta instructed the Chief Health Officer Dr Balasundar to identify each COVID care centre in all Assembly constituencies in BBMP limits.

Speaking on the occasion, Gupta said, "It is instructed the concerned to identify one each Covid care centre in all assembly constituencies as the number of covid cases are increasing."

"Persons with mild symptoms are unable to take treatment under home isolation, can get treatment at Covid care centres," he said.

Amid the surge in COVID cases and concerns over the Omicron variant of coronavirus, doctors in Kolkata believe that there is no requirement for antibody cocktail for most of the patients as the formula is not useful for the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Dr. Abhijit Chowdhury of SSKM Hospital said, "Antibody cocktails are only useful for a small segment of people. For most of the people with COVID or almost 99 per cent of the patients will not need antibody cocktail. Only patients above 60 years or have comorbidities in their initial 4-5 days of the initial disease may help from antibody cocktail. Antibody cocktail is not going to be a great solution for the COVID pandemic."

Meanwhile, cardiac surgeon Dr. Kunal Sarkar of Medica Superspeciality Hospital gave emphasis on adequate data of Omicron infection.

Although most people recover from COVID-19 within five to seven days of the onset of symptoms, the World Health Organization (WHO) still recommends a 14-day quarantine, an official from the organization said. However, said Abdi Mahamud from WHO's COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team, states must make decisions about the duration of quarantine based on their individual situations.

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Night curfew continues in Delhi in wake of rising COVID-19 cases

In the wake of the latest guidelines issued by DDMA, Delhi Metro will be running with 100% seating capacity. However, no standing passengers will be allowed till further notice: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

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Mizoram reports 443 new COVID cases and 1 death; active caseload stands at 2,162

Mizoram reports 443 new COVID cases