New Delhi: India reported 6,358 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, according to the health ministry, pushing its active caseload to 75,456. Omicron cases have risen to 653 and at least 186 have recovered, the health ministry said yesterday.
Delhi reported 331 new Covid cases, one death, and 144 recoveries in the last 24 hours, with its active caseload standing at 1,289. The city has recorded the most cases of Omicron in the country (142), followed by Maharashtra (141), Kerala (57), Gujarat (49) and 43 (Rajasthan), the health ministry said in a bulletin.
The national capital has activated the graded action plan prepared earlier this year to tackle surges in infections. It brough back night curfews yesterday.
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Dec 29, 2021 00:18 (IST)
COVID-19 India News: Assam Reports 120 New Covid Cases, 2 More Deaths
Assam on Tuesday registered 120 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 6,20,357, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said, according to news agency PTI. The death count rose to 6,160 as two more persons from Cachar and Dibrugarh died to the disease, it said. At least 1,347 COVID patients have died due to other reasons in the state so far, according to the bulletin. At least 68 people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 6,12,059. Assam now has 791 active cases, up from 741 on the previous day.