Omicron LIVE Updates: Delhi Reports 3,674 New Cases, 30 Deaths; Positivity Rate at 6.37%

Omicron LIVE Updates: Delhi on Sunday reported 3,674 new Covid cases and 30 deaths, while the city’s recoveries stand at 6,954. The capital’s positivity rate has dipped to 6.37% and its active case pool is now 21,490. Mumbai on Sunday reported 1,160 new Covid cases, 2,530 recoveries and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours. The city’s active cases now stand at 10,797.

With 2,34,281 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.10 crore, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

The death toll climbed to 4,94,091 with 893 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 am showed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated fellow citizens for the “momentous feat” of achieving 75 percent vaccination of adult population and said he is proud of all those who are making the vaccination drive a success. Tagging a tweet by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in which he stated that India has achieved its goal of vaccinating 75 per cent adult population against Covid, the prime minister said, “75% of all adults are fully vaccinated. Congratulations to our fellow citizens for this momentous feat.” “Proud of all those who are making our vaccination drive a success,” he said.

The second Sunday lockdown comes into force in Kerala today even as the state logged 50,812 new infections and eight COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday. Shops selling essential items such as milk, newspaper, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables and provisions are allowed to function from 7 AM to 9 PM. Most of the private vehicles kept away from the road except for those who were traveling for emergency purposes and that too after providing necessary documents proving the nature of emergency to the police.

The “third wave” of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be declining in the state though in some cities cases are showing an uptick, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday. With the count of new daily cases dropping from the peak of 47,000 to about 25,000, “it seems the COVID-19 third wave has come down,” Tope told reporters here. “But some other cities like Pune, Nagpur and parts of rural area are reporting more and more cases, the minister noted. Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts were reporting “very high numbers” earlier while Nashik, Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad are currently reporting more cases, Tope said. “People are generally getting discharged within seven-eight days even if they have mild symptoms, he said.

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 27,971 new coronavirus positive cases, including 85 Omicron infections, and 61 pandemic-related deaths, the health department said. With the new additions, the overall caseload in the state mounted to 76,83,525 and the death toll to 1,42,522. The case fatality rate stood at 1.85 per cent in Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu inoculated 10,17,919 people against Covid-19 in the 20th mega vaccination drive on Saturday with 2,55,902 people receiving the first dose and 7,27,417 the second dose of the vaccine, the Health Department said. With the drive, the total number who got the first dose stood at 90.30 per cent and the second at 68.66 per cent, a press release said.

Punjab on Saturday reported 31 deaths and 3,325 fresh COVID cases, a daily bulletin said. With the latest addition, the overall infection tally rose to 7,38,405, it said. The deaths were reported from several districts including Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Gurdsapur and Mansa. So far, 17,190 have lost their lives to COVID in the state. The number of active cases in the state stood at 29,466. Of the fresh cases, Mohali reported 605 cases, followed by Ludhiana and Amritsar, which reported 387 and 301 cases, respectively. A total of 1,107 patients are on oxygen support while 99 critical patients are on ventilator support, the bulletin said.

Authorities on Saturday announced the end of weekend curfew in Rajasthan. The weekend curfew that begins from 11 pm Saturday to 5 am Sunday will no longer be imposed on Sunday, they said.

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