Omicron tally surges past 200 mark, Maha & Delhi at top with 54 cases each
National, 21st December: Omicron tally in India has surged past two hundred mark out of which 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.
Maharashtra and Delhi have recorded 54 cases of Omicron variant each, while Telangana registered 20 cases, Karnataka 19, Rajasthan 18, Kerala 15 and Gujarat 14 cases.
As many as 5,326 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said today. The fresh tally took the the total caseload in the country to 3,47,52,164. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 54 days now.
The country also reported 453 new Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total death count to 4,78,007. The number of fatalities today is significantly up from yesterday’s spike of 132 deaths.
