Covid-19 Active Cases India Dec 28 Updates, New Omicron Variant Cases in India, Coronavirus 3rd Wave, Covid-19 Booster Vaccine Dose: Active cases currently stand at 75,456 while the recovery rate is at 98.90 per cent.
Delhi on Tuesday reported 496 new Covid-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 0.89 per cent. The national capital also recorded one related death. With this, the active coronavirus infection rose to 1,612. Delhi has so far reported 165 Omicron cases. The Delhi government has implemented a Yellow alert for Covid-19 from Tuesday. Cinemas, banquet halls, auditoriums, spas, gyms and entertainment parks will remain shut. Restaurants, bars will be opened at 50 per cent capacity till 10 pm and there will be a complete ban on all kinds of gatherings.
People aged 60 years and above with co-morbidity will not be required to produce or submit any certificate from doctor at the time of administration of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the Centre told states and union territories on Tuesday. Such persons are expected to obtain the advice of their doctor before deciding to avail of the precaution dose or third dose. In a letter to states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said personnel to be deployed in election duty in the poll-bound states will be included in the category of frontline workers.
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Tuesday gave emergency use authorization approval to Covovax and Corbevax covid-19 vaccines along with anti-viral drug Molnupiravir in a single day, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. “All these approvals will further strengthen the global fight against the pandemic,” he added.
India’s Omicron cases went up to 653 on Tuesday, with the highest being reported from Maharashtra at 167, followed by Delhi with 165 cases, Kerala 57, Telangana 55 and Gujarat at 49. Meanwhile, the country recorded 6,358 new covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. Active cases currently stand at 75,456 while the recovery rate is at 98.90 per cent.