Omicron cases in India: 415 infections of new COVID variant recorded in 17 states/UTs so far, informs Centre
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday informed that a total of 415 cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in 17 States/UTs of India so far.
The Health Ministry has further informed that as many as 115 persons have recovered after getting the Omicron infection. With 108 cases, Maharashtra remains the worst affected by the new COVID-19 strain in the country, followed by Delhi (79), Gujarat 43, and Telangana 38.
The other States/UTs that have reported the Omicron cases are – Kerala (37), Tamil Nadu (34), Karnataka (31), Rajasthan (22), Haryana (4), Odisha (4), Andhra Pradesh (4), Jammu and Kashmir (3), West Bengal (3), Uttar Pradesh (2), Chandigarh (1), Ladakh (1), and Uttarakhand (1).
Meanwhile, the country has reported 7,189 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 387 virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the MoHFW’s latest update. With this, India’s COVID-19 tally has risen to 3,47,79,815, while the fatality count has reached 4,79,520.
Statewise COVID-19 tally
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated* | Deaths** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | ||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 8 | 2 | 7574 | 1 | 129 | |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 1279 | 47 | 2060539 | 139 | 14488 | 2 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 19 | 1 | 55031 | 1 | 280 | |
| 4 | Assam | 2206 | 43 | 611664 | 134 | 6155 | 2 |
| 5 | Bihar | 79 | 4 | 714245 | 17 | 12094 | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 103 | 6 | 64573 | 6 | 1078 | |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 296 | 6 | 993647 | 28 | 13597 | 1 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 3 | 10684 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Delhi | 782 | 98 | 1416928 | 82 | 25103 | |
| 10 | Goa | 453 | 24 | 175994 | 43 | 3518 | |
| 11 | Gujarat | 694 | 26 | 818198 | 69 | 10111 | 3 |
| 12 | Haryana | 366 | 48 | 762023 | 31 | 10062 | |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 405 | 15 | 224227 | 49 | 3871 | |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1317 | 2 | 334598 | 142 | 4519 | 1 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 273 | 37 | 344334 | 18 | 5142 | |
| 16 | Karnataka | 7280 | 134 | 2958384 | 267 | 38305 | 4 |
| 17 | Kerala*** | 26265 | 1018 | 5158423 | 3281 | 46203 | 342 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 210 | 9 | 21631 | 14 | 218 | |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 7 | 10355 | 51 | |||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 208 | 17 | 782873 | 14 | 10532 | 1 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 12108 | 530 | 6501243 | 868 | 141404 | 12 |
| 22 | Manipur | 186 | 6 | 123507 | 13 | 2000 | 1 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 77 | 3 | 83222 | 10 | 1482 | 1 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 1569 | 144 | 138322 | 316 | 536 | 1 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 83 | 31389 | 702 | |||
| 26 | Odisha | 1594 | 71 | 1043601 | 210 | 8450 | 2 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 154 | 8 | 127360 | 12 | 1880 | |
| 28 | Punjab | 335 | 21 | 587162 | 20 | 16636 | |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 244 | 1 | 946167 | 42 | 8962 | 1 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 80 | 2 | 31984 | 5 | 409 | |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 6798 | 91 | 2699309 | 681 | 36714 | 7 |
| 32 | Telangana | 3547 | 49 | 672847 | 210 | 4019 | 1 |
| 33 | Tripura | 59 | 1 | 84115 | 5 | 829 | |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 233 | 13 | 337076 | 14 | 7415 | |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 266 | 30 | 1687657 | 12 | 22915 | |
| 36 | West Bengal | 7446 | 13 | 1602377 | 532 | 19707 | 5 |
| Total# | 77032 | 484 | 34223263 | 7286 | 479520 | 387 | |
| *** For Kerala, as per State media bulletin: 31 deaths reported on 24th December + 311 deaths declared as per appeal G.O.(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD | |||||||
| *(Including foreign Nationals) | |||||||
| **( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities ) | |||||||
| #States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation | |||||||
| #Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR |
Active COVID-19 cases decline
The active infections of COVID-19 in the country have declined to 77,032 as more people recovered from the illness yesterday. As many as 7,286 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 on Friday.
Now, the active cases comprised 0.22 per cent of the total infections, lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.40 per cent, the highest since March 2020, according to the health ministry.
