This Article is From Jan 03, 2022

8,082 New Covid Cases In Mumbai, 90% Of Them Are Asymptomatic

India has recorded over 1,700 Omicron cases. This morning, over 33,000 fresh Covid cases were logged. Across the country, big cities are recording a spike.

Mumbai is one the major cities where Omicron is believed to have propelled a surge.

Mumbai: Ninety per cent of Mumbai's fresh coronavirus cases (8,086) are aymptomatic, official data shows, further highlighting that 574 patients have been hospitalised in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra has 12,160 new cases in a marginal rise from yesterday.

Here is your ten-point cheat sheet on this big story:

  1. Today's spike is marginal as compared to yesterday (8,063) but the number of hospitalisations have increased to 12 per cent as compared to 10 per cent yesterday. The surge in the city is believed to have been driven by the new Omicron variant - which, reports say, is more infectious but causes milder symptoms.

  2. Of 574 patients hospitalised, 71 are on oxygen support. Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday said the information on hospitalisations and asymptomatic cases is now being included the the daily health bulletins so as to mitigate panic.

  3. Iqbal Singh Chahal, the city's civic body chief, today told NDTV that a lockdown will be announced if daily cases pass the 20,000-mark. "Right now we believe that even up to 20,000 cases a day, we will be comfortable in our hospitalizations, and comfortable in our oxygen requirement," he said, referring to a high-level meeting last week amid surge in cases.

  4. Maharashtra on Sunday logged 11,877 coronavirus. A majority of these cases were from Mumbai. However, most Omicron cases were from Pune.

  5. India has recorded over 1,700 Omicron cases. This morning, over 33,000 fresh Covid cases were logged. Across the country, big cities are recording a spike.

  6. Speaking to NDTV today, India's Covid task force chief Dr NK Arora confirmed India is already in the third wave.

  7. Amid a surge in cases, while the vaccination for 15-18 age group has started, the booster shots for those above 60 and frontline healthworkers will be given next week onwards

  8. Maharashtra has been one of the states that saw the highest rise in cases in the country during the first and second wave.

  9. Mumbai has already brought in curbs in an attempt to check the rise in cases.
     



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