India Narrative

  India has reported a total of 415 cases of the heavily mutated Omicron variant of coronavirus out of which at least 115 patients have recovered, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Maharashtra tops the list with 108 Omicron infections, followed by Delhi with 79. Gujarat has recorded 43 cases and Telangana 38. Kerala and Tamil Nadu come next on the list with 37 and 34 Omicron cases respectively. On Friday, 358 cases of Omicron were reported and it was found that 87 of them were fully vaccinated with three having received booster doses. However 70 per cent of the cases were asymptomatic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the status of Omicron and the preparedness of health systems across the country. He said in view of the new variant, the country should be 'satark and savdhaan.'   The government is alert and continues to take proactive action and support states in their efforts of containment and management under the ‘Whole

  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