The tally of coronavirus variant Omicron has reached 1,431 today up from 1270 on Friday in India showing a rise of more than 32% . The variant of concern that was first detected in South Africa has now spread to 23 states in the country. Maharashtra has the highest Omicron count with 454 cases, followed by Delhi with 351 cases.
Tamil Nadu has 118 cases, while Gujarat and Kerala have reported 115 and 109 cases respectively and are among the states with over 100 cases of the highly contagious variant.
The 1,431 cases have been detected across 23 states and UTs so far, and 488 people have recovered or migrated.
Omicron: State-wise tally
Rajasthan-69
Telangana 62
Karnataka 34
Haryana 37
West Bengal 17
Madhya Pradesh 9
Odisha 14
Andhra Pradesh 17
Uttarakhand 4
Chandigarh 3
Jammu and Kashmir 3
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2
Uttar Pradesh 8
Goa 1
Himachal Pradesh 1
Ladakh 1
Manipur 1
Punjab 1
Meanwhile, India reported on Saturday 22,775 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, pushed up by a growing number of Omicron variant cases, data from the health ministry showed.
The COVID-19 death toll in the past 24 hours rose by 406.
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