Bengaluru, Dec 31 : Twenty-three more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Karnataka, State’s Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Friday. This takes the State’s tally to 66. “Twenty-three new cases of Omicron confirmed in Karnataka today, of which 19 are international travellers from the USA, Europe, Middle-East and […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 31 Kerala’s Omicron cases count crossed the 100-mark on Friday after registering the highest single- day increase of 44 cases of the new variant of COVID-19. Addressing reporters here, State Health Minister Veena George said it has logged 44 more cases, taking the total number to 107. Of the 44 cases, 10 had […]

Mathura, Dec 31  A 51-year-old woman has tested positive for coronavirus here, a day after her husband was found infected with the virus upon his return from Uganda. Amit Jain (52) who had returned from Uganda a week ago was found infected with Covid, officials had said on Wednesday. “On contact-tracing, his 51-year-old wife Rinita […]

Thane, Dec 31  Thane district in Maharashtra has reported 714 new coronavirus positive cases, which raised its infection count to 5,73,887, an official said on Friday. These cases were reported on Thursday, he said. As the virus did not claim any life during the day, the death toll in the district remained unchanged at 11,616. […]

Chennai, Dec 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department under the directions from Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has taken stringent measures during the festival time to prevent the spike in Covid -19 cases. The union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan had written a letter on Wednesday to Tamil Nadu health secretary, J. Radhakrishnan directing him to take […]

Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder leader, Dr. S.Ramadoss Thursday called upon the state government to direct schools and colleges to cancel physical classes and shift to online mode due to the surge in Omicron cases in the country. The PMK leader said that the increase in Covid -19 cases was an […]

Mumbai, Dec 30 Actor Shilpa Shirodkar, known for films such as “Hum”, “Khuda Gawah” and “Aankhen”, on Thursday said she has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In an Instagram post, the 1990s popular star shared that she had tested four days ago. “COVID POSITIVE!!! #day4,” the actor, who was the first Indian celebrity […]

Puducherry, Dec 29( BPNS) With the Union Territory reporting two cases of Omicron with an Octogenarian and a 21-year-old woman testing positive on Tuesday, there were apprehensions that the New Year festivities would be curtailed.However, the administration of the Union Territory has permitted the New Year celebrations to be carried out by strictly adhering to […]

Chennai, Dec 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department is gearing up for the possibility of an Omicron surge in the state with 45 confirmed cases and 118 samples of Covid -19 positive people showing presence of ‘S’ gene drop. State health minister Ma Subramanian has already directed the state health department to create awareness among […]

Puducherry, Dec 29 (BPNS) A person in a village at Vilianur in Puducherry climbed a tree on Tuesday to avoid being administered Covid -19 vaccine. The man who spotted the health authorities coming towards his house ran away and later climbed the tree to prevent him from being vaccinated. Puducherry health authorities said that the […]