Omicron cases rise to 578 across India
The Hindu
Maharashtra has confirmed 167 cases of variant, followed by Delhi with 142.
The number of Omicron cases has risen to 578 in the country and at least 151 patients have recovered, the Health Ministry said on Monday. India reported 6,531 new coronavirus cases and 315 deaths on Monday, hiking the total active cases to 75,841 and the death count to 4,79,997.
There were at least 38 new cases reported from Maharasthra and Telangana.
Delhi saw its daily COVID case count and test positivity rise to a six-month high with 331 cases reported in the last 24 hours. However, the government did not confirm how many of these were Omicron cases.
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