India logs 1,68,063 Covid cases, 277 deaths; Omicron variant reaches 4,461 in last 24 hours

Jan. 11: India registered 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases rose to 8,21,446, the highest in 208 days, while the death toll climbed to 4,84,213 with 277 fresh fatalities.

Meanwhile, 9,84,676 ‘Precaution doses’ of COVID vaccine administered – 5,19,604 healthcare workers, 2,01,205 frontline workers, and 2,63,867 over 60 years administered additional doses of Covid vaccine on the first day of roll out (January 10).