The active cases increased to 4,72,169 comprising 1.34% of the total infections. Meanwhile, the recovery rate decreased to 97.30%, according to the data from the Health Ministry.
3 Union ministers infected include MoS Home Nityanand Rai. Rajasthan CM Gehlot & Delhi CM Kejriwal also ill with Covid, as are many state ministers and MLAs.
Centre's health officer Rajesh Bhushan will brief the election body for the second time in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur amid the rising Covid cases in the country.
On 20 June last year, 58,419 Covid infections were reported. Meanwhile, the current tally of Omicron cases has risen to 2,135. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.18%.
ThePrint independently confirmed 6 cases among Maharashtra’s ministers and 9 among the state’s MLAs, with some of them testing positive just in the last two days.
Omicron has been detected in 23 states and UTs with Maharashtra having the maximum number of cases (568), followed by Delhi (382). Kerala, Rajasthan and Gujarat have over 150 cases.
A total of 23 states and UTs have recorded 1270 Omicron cases so far, with Maharashtra having 450 patients, followed by Delhi (320), Kerala (109) & Gujarat (97).
In a 24 December note, tracker developed by Prof. Paul Kattuman and his team spotlighted six states of 'significant concern'. By 26 December, this list had expanded to 11 states.
Earlier in the year, Cipla entered into a licensing agreement with Merck Sharpe Dohme to make and supply Molnupiravir in India and to over 100 low and middle-income countries.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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