Coronavirus Omicron India Live: India recorded 1,94,720 fresh Covid-19 cases and 442 deaths in the 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday. The active cases mounted to 9,55,319, the highest in 211 days. The daily positivity rate increased to 11.05 per cent.
The Omicron tally in the country, meanwhile, reached 4,868. Maharashtra has the highest number of cases (1,281) of the new variant, followed by Rajasthan (645). While Delhi has the third highest tally at 546, the national capital recorded no new cases of the variant in the last 24 hours.
In other news, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stated that over two crore children in the age group 15-18 years have been vaccinated against Covid-19 so far. He lauded the “sense of responsibility” of the country’s youth and said it has manifested in the quick pace of vaccination. The drive to inoculate teenagers had begun on January 3.
Meanwhile, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said that Covid-19 cases have started coming down in Mumbai and “we will soon see the same trend” in the national capital. He added, “Plateauing of hospital admissions is an indication that the wave may have peaked. We may see a decline in cases in two to three days.”
Mumbai’s daily cases have been dropping since January 7, with the city registering 11,647 cases on Tuesday. Health Minister Rajesh Tope, however, told The Indian Express, “It is too early to say that the curve has started plateauing or flattening.”
