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Infections could surge 6 times higher due to Omicron variant: Russia

Russia this year has been reporting between 15,000 and 18,000 new infections a day

America logs record 1.3 mn daily Covid cases; China locks down third city

The previous record was 1.03 million cases on January 3

Indian airport bonds drop to 3-month lows on airline cutbacks

Both Vistara and IndiGo have cut capacity in response to a surging caseload and travel restrictions

Restrictions in place, slight fall in India's daily Covid caseload

Rising weekly positivity rate remains a concern, may point to cases going undetected

Gujarat's Covid-19 case count tops 7,000 after nearly 8 months; 3 die

Gujarat had last reported more than 7,000 cases in a day at 7,135 on May 17 last year

Delhi Police books more than 4,000 people for Covid violations

The highest violation for mask was recorded in southeast district at 780

Pune sees 6,110 Covid-19 cases, 1 death; district's positivity rate now 21%

The active tally stands at 32,672, of which 1,504 are in hospitals

Bihar reports 5,908 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest tally since January 1

The positivity rate mounted to 3.14 per cent in the state

Nepal imposes partial lockdown in Kathmandu Valley after Covid cases surge

Nepal is reporting a steady surge in cases for the past few weeks

Covid-19: Assam logs 2,837 new cases, highest since Jun 22 last year

The state had reported 2,198 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 4.49 per cent on Monday

Stay extra vigilant as coming weeks crucial amid Covid spread: Patnaik

The next few weeks are very crucial for the state and people should therefore be extra careful and vigilant, he said

Covid-19 pandemic: Over 22k people take 'precautionary dose' in Delhi

As many as 6,083 people aged above 60 and 9,172 frontline workers also got their third dose

Arunachal imposes night curfew, other Covid restrictions till Jan 31

Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, in an order, said that night curfew will be imposed from 9 PM to 5 AM from January 12

Covid-19 pandemic: Aurangabad sees 349 cases, no death; 64 recover

The active caseload in the district stands at 1,426

Kashmir reports first Omicron cases as 2 locals, 3 tourists test positive

The number of Omicron cases in Jammu and Kashmir has gone up to eight now

Delhi BJP protests against govt as Covid-19 wave sweeps across city

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has imposed a ban on various kinds of gatherings including political ones due to a fresh wave of Covid infections

Covid-19 pandemic: No new Omicron case found in Gujarat, two recover

Two more Omicron patients recovered during the day, both in Kutch district. The tally of such cases remained unchanged at 264, of whom 225 have recovered

Record 1,550 fresh Covid cases in Himachal Pradesh, active ones 5,476

Himachal Pradesh recorded 1,550 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally of active cases to 5,476 from 4,186 and total number of infections till date to 2,34,835, a Health Department official said.

Uttar Pradesh reports 11,089 fresh Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths

The tally of active cases in the state to 44,466

United Airlines CEO says 3,000 of its workers have contracted Covid-19

United is among multiple US carriers whacked by a recent surge in omicron infections nationwide