India Narrative

  The number of cases of Covid's heavily mutated Omicron variant has crossed 200 in India with Maharashtra and Delhi recording the highest tally, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Out of them, 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the ministry added. Maharashtra and Delhi have reported the highest number of Omicron infections with 54 cases each. They are followed by Telangana (20 cases), Karnataka (19), Rajasthan (18), Kerala (15) and Gujarat (14). However, the total number of fresh daily Covid-19 infections recorded in the last 24 hours has come down to 5,326 cases, the lowest count in 581 days. There are now 79,097 active cases in the country, the lowest in 574 days. The total number of deaths recorded over the past 24 hours stood at 453. Meanwhile, the Omicron strain is leading to an alarming spike in cases across the world. Most of the cases in India are also linked to those who have travelled abroad. The government has introduced stringent measures at airports to t

  Eighteen students have tested positive for coronavirus at a school in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra after a student was found infected with the virus. Mass testing of the students is now being carried out and the number may go up. The father of the student who was initially found positive had recently returned from Qatar, following which the entire family was tested for Covid-19. Though the man tested negative his son was found infected with the virus. Since the boy had been attending school, several students were tested and 18 were found positive. Mass testing is on at the school and the number may go up. Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 902 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and eight infections of the new Omicron variant.  The total number of infections due to the new variant of coronavirus has now gone up to 48 in the state, the health department said. Of these, six patients were from Pune, one was from Mumbai and another from Kalyan-Dombivli on the outskirts of Mumbai. All eight new Omic