The state health department has tightened the mandatory norms after several cases of Omicron variant were reported by passengers who arrived in the state from 'not-at-risk' countries also
Recoveries eclipsed new infections with 685 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, totalling 26,99,994 leaving 6,708 active infections, a bulletin said
Other events involving congregation of people would be permitted subject to the directions, including ensuring physical distancing within the venue, and more
Of the 2 new cases, both are from Aurangabad and fully vaccinated, and one had a history of recent international travel to Dubai
Since November 1, samples of 729 international passengers have been sent for genome sequencing in the state, of which results of 162 are awaited
The first Omicron positive patient in the State was discharged from hospital on Friday
With this, the active cases in the state stand at 24,501
The caseload increased to 770,190 while death toll stayed unchanged at 16,368
It urged all people to maintain Covid appropriate behaviour, including wearing of face masks, adding that fines will be imposed and legal action initiated against anyone failing to do so
The death toll due to the coronavirus infection in Delhi has risen to 25,104
Raigarh Chief Medical and Health Officer the entire school has been declared as a 'containment zone'
'Omicron cases are increasing in Karnataka's border states like Maharashtra, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu which is alarming'
Of these, 11 are from Jaipur, six from Ajmer and three from Udaipur
India's vaccination coverage has exceeded 141 crore (1.41 billion)
The nationwide case tally of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has reached 415
India has so far administered 1,410,126,404 vaccine doses. That is 4054.43 per cent of its total caseload, and 100.8 per cent of its population
COVID-19 vaccination will be made mandatory for entering and using facilities at various places in Rajasthan from February 1 next year
The recovery rate in the state is 97.69 per cent. The case fatality rate is 2.12 per cent
The Delhi government on Friday allowed Sarojini Nagar market to operate on odd-even basis over the weekend in view of the large footfalls seen in the market in the last few days. "And whereas, increasing footfalls are seen in Sarojini Nagar market during last few days; and therefore with the need to control the same in light of the rapid spike in daily cases and positivity; it was decided unanimously by all Market Trade Associations in the meeting held on 24 December 2021, to follow odd-even operations for weekend of 25 & 26 December 2021," read the government order.
As many as 62 samples from AP have been sent to the CCMB for genome sequencing