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Omicron: US to see 140 mn new Covid infections between Jan-March

The country has reported about 51 million confirmed cases since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins data

Covid-19: Tamil Nadu adds 33 new infections of Omicron variant

The samples of the persons infected with S-gene drop, a possible indicator of Omicron infection, had been sent to the Centre earlier and 33 of them have been confirmed for variant

India reports 7,495 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally reaches at 236

India registered 7,495 fresh Covid-19 cases and 434 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Thursday morning

Omicron may not be the final variant, but it may be the last of concern

The disease might very likely be mild as some past exposure creates immunity that reduces the likelihood of hospitalisation and death

Spain to adopt mask-wearing outdoors amid record coronavirus surge

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez is convening a special Cabinet meeting Thursday to pass a law by decree that makes it mandatory to wear masks outdoors, amid a record surge in COVID-19 cases

Telangana reports 14 new Omicron cases, state tally rises to 38

Telangana reported 14 new cases of the new COVID variant, Omicron in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.With this, the total number of Omicron cases rose to 38 in the state.According to the state health department, as many as 259 passengers were screened at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday out of which 4 cases were tested RTPCR positive.All four samples of the passengers travelling from "At risk" countries were sent for Genome Sequencing out of which 2 were tested positive for the Omicron variant.The results of the 4 samples are awaited.12 samples tested positive for the variant from a random sampling basis from other than "At risk" countries.India has reported more than 200 cases of Omicron so far.

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal logs 534 new cases, 8 fresh fatalities

The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 19,696 as eight more patients succumbed to the infection

UK's daily Covid-19 infections cross 100,000 for the first time

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated his "Get Boosted Now" stance as he ruled out further lockdown restrictions ahead of Christmas

Belgium to tighten Covid-19 rules to counter rise of Omicron variant

The country shied away from a full lockdown like in the neighboring Netherlands.

Omicron spread: Curbs return to keep year-end celebrations muted again

Tamil Nadu has decided to close public access to beaches on December 31 and January 1

Covid-19 pandemic: 14 more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Four samples are awaited with regard to their Omicron status

Omicron variant: Delhi begins genome sequencing of all Covid cases

The national capital is recording around 100-125 cases a day

Covid-19 pandemic: Covovax data with DCGI, approval expected soon

India has said any vaccine that has approval from stringent regulatory bodies like the USFDA, UK-MHRA, etc., will be approved for use in India

Nashik's Covid-19 pandemic caseload rises by 48; no fresh death

The death toll in this north Maharashtra district stands at 8,747

Maharashtra reports spike in new Covid cases at 1,201; 8 die, 953 recover

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 1,201 new coronavirus cases, a sharp rise of 376 from a day ago, and eight fresh fatalities, the state health department said. With these additions, the state's COVID-19 caseload increased to 66,52,166, while the death toll rose to 1,41,375, the department said in a bulletin. It said the state did not report any fresh case of the Omicron variant of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. On Tuesday, 11 new Omicron cases were reported in the state, taking the variant tally to 65. A day ago, the state had reported 825 new coronavirus and 14 deaths. There are 7,350 active COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra now after 953 patients were discharged from hospitals following recovery in the last 24 hours. The number of recovered patients stood at 64,99,760 in the state, where the case fatality rate is 2.12 per cent. As many as 1,23,261 new tests were conducted, taking the number of samples examined for coronavirus so far to 6,80,06,322, the bulletin said

Madhya Pradesh logs 19 new Covid-19 cases; vaccinations cross 10 crore

Madhya Pradesh is now left with 180 active cases

Active Covid-19 infections drop below 7,000 in Tamil Nadu

The fresh cases include five returnees from the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Andhra Pradesh

Mumbai logs 490 new Covid-19 cases, zero fatality; 229 patients recover

The city had reported 204 cases on Monday and 327 on Tuesday

No vaccination certificate, no salary: Punjab govt tells employees

It has asked the employees to register their full or provisional vaccination certificate number with the state government's human resources portal iHRMS

Tamil Nadu: 104 int'l passengers have tested Covid positive so far

On December 15, Tamil Nadu declared its first Omicron variant of coronavirus, which was a 47 year-old passenger who arrived from Nigeria