Omicron LIVE Updates: Mumbai Reports 5,956 Covid Cases, Recovery Rate at 93%; Maharashtra to Make Doctor’s - News18

Omicron LIVE Updates: Delhi on Monday reported 12,527 new Covid cases and 24 Deaths.

A total of five people died of COVID-19 in Rajasthan and 9,236 tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, the official data said on Monday.

According to the Health Department figures, 9,236 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the state till Monday evening.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said corona cases have decreased in the city over the last four days as the weekend curfew is proving to work and assured migrant workers there will be no lockdown in the national capital.

He said the vaccination drive in Delhi completed one year on Monday and a total of 2.85 crore doses have been administered so far.

Active coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 30,000 mark to reach 30,182 on Monday as 4,108 fresh positives were added in the state.

“Over 3.5 crore children between the 15-18 age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, since 3rd January,” tweets Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya.

India may begin inoculating children in the 12-14 age group against COVID-19 in March as the 15-18 population is likely to get fully vaccinated by then, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 working group of NTAGI, said on Monday.

Amid a fresh spurt in Covid cases, the Mathura district judiciary on Monday curtailed its functioning, banning litigants to enter the court premises without permission and making judicial officers and other staffers work in rotation as elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh under an Allahabad High Court order, a district judiciary official said on Monday.

A plea on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to direct the Central government to give a road map for vaccinating children of the age group of 12 years and below for COVID-19.

About 2,500 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 since January 1 and 767 of them have recovered, an official said on Monday.

Odisha on Monday recorded 10,489 new COVID-19 cases, 688 less than the previous day, with the tally mounting to 11,44,401, a health department bulletin said.

After a successful inoculation drive for 15-17-year-olds, the Covid vaccination programme for age group 12-14 is all set to start from February-end, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation said