India’s Omicron tally shoots upto 1525 on Sunday

Jan. 2: A total of 1,525 Omicron cases were detected in India, as per the data released by the Health Ministry on Sunday. Maharashtra and Delhi continue to be the worst-hit states. So far, 560 people have recovered from the new strain. Twenty-three states in India have reported the fast-spreading Omicron variant so far. Maharashtra, which has reported the most number of COVID-10 cases, has 460 Omicron cases, followed by Delhi with 351 infections.

The country also reported a 21 per cent jump in new Covid cases as it reported 27,553 infections today. About 284 people died due to the virus during the period, the data showed.