Delhi To Report Lesser Cases Than Yesterday: State Health Minister
Delhi to report around 14,000-15,000 cases today, much less than yesterday. Around 2.85 crore doses have been administered in Delhi; 100% eligible population inoculated with the first dose, 80% with the second dose, & 1.28 lakh people received precautionary dose said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain reports ANI.
Omicron Tally Above 8,000
Nearly 2.6 Lakh New Cases Added
Active Covid-19 cases in India continue to spike, led by higher fresh infections, as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly across the world's second-most populous country.
The nation reported as many as 2.58 lakh fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update on Jan. 17. That compares with 1.51 lakh recoveries recorded during the period.
Active cases now account for 4.43% of the nation's total tally.
Key Figures:
Total confirmed cases: 3,73,80,253
Total number of active cases: 16,56,341
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,52,37,461
Total deaths: 4,86,451
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 2,58,089
One-day recoveries: 1,51,740
One-day deaths: 385
Total vaccines administered: 1,57,20,41,825
Vaccines administered in the last 24 hours: 39,46,348