Omicron wave might be over as quickly as it began, says new reportWith Mumbai already hitting a peak at 20,971 cases on January 7, the country's financial capital could soon see a sharper decline. India, m...
18 Jan, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Mumbai's drop in cases may be due to reporting anomalies, wait for a week, say expertsMumbai's 3rd wave began on December 21. On January 7 the city's daily new cases and test positivity rate (TPR) hit 20,971 and 29%, but from...
13 Jan, 2022, 03.41 PM IST
Delta vs Omicron: Despite record surge, these numbers from Delhi & Mumbai give us hopeOn Monday, India reported over 1.79 lakh fresh Covid cases, its highest single-day rise since late May.
10 Jan, 2022, 09.34 PM IST
Karnataka reports 10 more Omicron cases; tally now 76The country's first two Omicron cases were detected in the state on December 2.
03 Jan, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
India's Omicron COVID tally crosses 1,000-mark; states further tighten measures to deal with surge in coronavirus casesDelhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, meanwhile, said Omicron is gradually spreading in the community and the variant of concern has been f...
30 Dec, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
Maharashtra reports 198 new Omicron cases, tally reaches 450The alarming spread of Omicron remains unabated in the state and keeping this is mind, the government has decided to use S-gene dropout kit...
30 Dec, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Mumbai, Delhi, Gujarat report big spike in new COVID cases; Omicron tally in country crosses 900According to data from the Centre and the states, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country crossed 10,000 after a little over a mo...
30 Dec, 2021, 01.33 AM IST
Mumbai reports 2,510 new Covid-19 cases; 82% higher than yesterdayFew hours ago, speaking to reporters, Aditya Thackeray said, "Last week we were reporting 150 cases per day, now we are reporting around 2,...
29 Dec, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Maharashtra COVID-19 task force member suggests curbs for short time if Omicron threat persists"If Omicron cases rise (further), its going to be challenging due to its faster spread. We will have to deal with the prevailing situation ...
27 Dec, 2021, 11.04 PM IST
Maharashtra reports 11 new Omicron infections; tally rises to 65"As reported by the National Institute of Virology, 11 more patients have been found to be infected by Omicron," it said.
21 Dec, 2021, 10.04 PM IST
Navi Mumbai school shut after 18 students test COVID-19 positive, sample sent for genome sequencingAmid concern over rising cases of COVID-19 variant Omicron, a school in the Ghansoli area of Navi Mumbai has been shut for a week by the au...
20 Dec, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Eight new Omicron patients found in Maharashtra, tally rises to 48Of these, six patients were from Pune, one was from Mumbai and another from Kalyan-Dombivli.
17 Dec, 2021, 08.24 PM IST
Maharashtra reports 877 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths; no fresh case of Omicron variant detectedOn Wednesday, the state had reported 925 COVID-19 cases and 10 fatalities.
16 Dec, 2021, 09.34 PM IST
8 new cases of Omicron found in Maharashtra; none had history of overseas travelGiving the break-up of 28 patients detected with the Omicron variant so far, the bulletin said 12 are from Mumbai, 10 from Pimpri-Chinchwad...
15 Dec, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
Case of omicron found in Dharavi, MumbaiAnother case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in India. The patient, who stays in Dharavi, landed in Mumbai on Decem...
10 Dec, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
Number of COVID-19 positive travellers from 'at-risk' countries rises to 17 in MumbaiThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said these 17 foreign returnees to the city - 13 males and four females - have tested positive...
07 Dec, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
Will India see Omicron wave? It’ll be clear in a month or two, say expertsDr Shashank Joshi, a member of the state government’s Covid task force, said,“There are too many unknowns with the Omicron variant at the m...
05 Dec, 2021, 09.48 AM IST