Omicron tally shoots upto 415 in India

Dec. 25: India has reported a total of 415 Omicron cases, the Health Ministry said this morning. At least 115 have recovered, it said. As per the latest health bulletin issued by the government, the state of Maharashtra has the maximum cases of the new variant at 108 followed by the national capital which has traced 79 such cases so far. Other states which have traced a large number of Omicron variant cases include Gujarat (43), Telangana (38), Kerala (37) and Tamil Nadu (34).

The total number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country in the last 24 hours is 7,189 new infections. The number of Covid-19 patients who succumbed to the disease remained 387 in the last 24 hours.

The rise of the Omicron variant has also heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions across the world. In India too, restrictions were imposed in various states on the eve of Christmas. The threat of a third Coronavirus wave in the country on the back of the new Omicron variant of the virus appears to be increasing.