COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says Health Minister Veena GeorgeGeorge said, "Continuous sequencing of Covid positive samples is being done. Almost 94 per cent of samples test positive for Omicron and 6 ...
28 Jan, 2022, 11.16 AM IST
COVID-19: Omicron driven wave will turn to villages after metros, says expert"Each time, a wave first hit high mobility areas which include metro cities and then to smaller areas and villages. So, within the next few...
23 Jan, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
63 new Omicron cases reported in Kerala"Out of those infected today, 36 were from low-risk nations, nine from high-risk countries. Nine people reached the State from other States...
18 Jan, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
Omicron is more infectious than Delta variant, says Medanta Hospital senior surgeon Dr Arvind KumarSenior Surgeon of Medanta Hospital Dr Arvind Kumar on Thursday said that the data shows that the COVID-19 variant Omicron is more infectiou...
13 Jan, 2022, 04.39 PM IST
Kerala reports 45 new cases of OmicronThere are 16 cases of Omicron in Ernakulam, nine in Thiruvananthapuram, six in Thrissur, five in Pathanamthitta, three each in Alappuzha an...
02 Jan, 2022, 08.58 PM IST
Kerala logs 44 more Omicron casesOf these, 10 patients came from high-risk countries and 27 from low-risk countries. Seven people were infected with the new variant of COVI...
31 Dec, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
India sees 578 Omicron cases so far: A look at the state-wise situationIndia has reported a total of 578 cases of the Omicron variant to date, as per the union health ministry. Of the 578 cases, 151 patients ha...
29 Dec, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Total number of Omicron cases in Delhi rises to 165, according to government dataIndia has logged 653 cases of the Omicron variant across 21 states and UTs so far, out of which 186 people have recovered or migrated, show...
28 Dec, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
Delta main variant but Omicron rising, positivity in Kerala, Mizoram a worry, says Health MinThe health ministry on Friday said that while the world was seeing a positivity of over 6% due to spread of Omicron variant of the coronavi...
25 Dec, 2021, 07.46 AM IST
5 more cases of Omicron in Kerala; tally rises to 29Those confirmed with the virus infection in Ernakulam reached the state on December 15, 19 and 20. While the Pathanamthitta native reached ...
23 Dec, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
Four more Omicron cases detected in Kerala, tally now 15Four more new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus were detected from Kerala on Monday, taking the overall tally to 15, the state he...
20 Dec, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
India's Omicron count rises to 145According to central and state officials, omicron cases have been detected in 11 states and union territories -- Maharashtra (48), Delhi (2...
19 Dec, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
COVID-19: Journey of Omicron in India so farDaily COVID-19 caseload in India that is currently around 7,500 infections is expected to increase once the Omicron starts displacing Delta...
18 Dec, 2021, 11.10 PM IST
Omicron cases top 100, avoid non-essential travel: Health MinistryIn its weekly briefing, the Health Ministry flagged the rising threat of Omicron across the world. Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Health Min...
17 Dec, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
Kerala reports four more cases of Omicron, state tally reaches fiveA Thiruvananthapuram native who returned from the UK and the Ernakulam native who returned from Congo were also found infected with the new...
15 Dec, 2021, 10.38 PM IST
Omicron variant: Maharashtra reports two more cases, country's tally climbs to 40With these two cases -- one from Latur and the other from Pune -- the tally of patients infected with the newly discovered variant of the c...
13 Dec, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh report their first Omicron variant case; tally goes up to 38A man who arrived from South Africa became the third person to test positive for the COVID-19 variant in Karnataka, while a 40-year-old man...
12 Dec, 2021, 08.43 PM IST