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Omicron variant LIVE Updates: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar tests Covid positive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed on the need to ensure adequate health infrastructure at the district level and asked officials to maintain coordination regarding this with the states.

India TV News Desk Edited by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Updated on: January 11, 2022 15:28 IST
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Omicron variant LIVE Updates: 46 inmates, 43 staffers of three jails in Delhi test positive for Covid

A total of 4,033 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in India so far. Maharashtra reported 207 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, taking the state's overall tally of such patients to 1,216, an official statement said. Of the 207 new cases of the Omicron variant, 155 have been reported by the BJ medical college and 52 by the National Institute of Virology. Of the total 1,216 cases so far, 454 have been discharged after the negative test report. Mumbai has a total of 606 Omicron cases as of now, while 223 were reported so far in Pune city, 68 in Pimpri Chinchwad, Sangli 59, Nagpur 51, Thane city 48, and Pune rural 32. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed on the need to ensure adequate health infrastructure at the district level and asked officials to maintain coordination regarding this with the states, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation. PM said that a meeting with Chief Ministers to be convened to discuss state-specific scenarios, best-practices and the public health response.

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  • 6:51 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 6:41 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 6:36 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 5:20 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 3:50 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 3:46 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 3:34 PM (IST) Posted by Poorva Joshi

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  • 1:35 PM (IST) Posted by Priya Jaiswal

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  • 11:22 AM (IST) Posted by Priya Jaiswal

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  • 11:08 AM (IST) Posted by Priya Jaiswal

    Statewise status of Omicron Variant

    Maharashtra-1,216

    Rajasthan-529

    Delhi-513

    Karnataka-441

    Kerala-333

    Gujarat-236

    Tamil Nadu-185

    Haryana-123

    Telangana-123

    Uttar Pradesh-113

    Odisha-74

    Andhra Pradesh-28

    Punjab-27

    West Bengal-27

    Goa-19

    Madhya Pradesh-10

    Assam-9

    Uttarakhand-8

    Meghalaya-4

    Andaman & Nicobar Islands-3

    Chandigarh-3

    Jammu and Kashmir (UT)-3

    Puducherry-2

    Chhattisgarh-1

    Himachal Pradesh-1

    Ladakh-1

    Manipur-1

    Total   - 4,033

    Discharged/Recovered - 1,552

    (Ministry of Health Data)

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  • 7:44 AM (IST) Posted by Priya Jaiswal

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  • 7:43 AM (IST) Posted by Priya Jaiswal

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  • 7:42 AM (IST) Posted by Priya Jaiswal

    Maharashtra sees 207 new cases of Omicron variant, tally rises to 1,216

    Maharashtra on Sunday reported 207 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, taking the state's overall tally of such patients to 1,216. Sangli reported 57 cases of the Omicron variant, followed by 40 in Mumbai, 22 in Pune city, 21 in Nagpur, 15 in Pimpri Chinchwad, 12 in Thane city, 8 in Kolhapur, 6 in Amravati, and 5 in Osmanabad. Of the 207 new cases of the Omicron variant, 155 have been reported by the BJ medical college and 52 by the National Institute of Virology. Of the total 1,216 cases so far, 454 have been discharged after the negative test report. Mumbai has a total of 606 Omicron cases as of now, while 223 were reported so far in Pune city.

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