Omicron
India registers 8,954 fresh COVID-19 cases amid heightened measures at airport to prevent Omicron spread
New Delhi: India registered 8,954 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours at a time when the country is tightening measures at the airports to prevent any possible spread of Omicron variant that has been reported from several corners of the globe now.
In the last 24 hours, 267 people died due to the deadly virus.
India's Active caseload less than a lakh after 547 days.
Active cases account for less than 1 percent of total cases and currently stands at 0.29 percent.
Recovery Rate is currently at 98.36 percent.
10,207 recoveries from COVID-19 virus were registered in the last 24 hours in the country which witnessed a deadly second wave of the infection spread earlier this year.
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced that all international passengers arriving from "at-risk" countries will have to undergo a mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine and take RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 thrice - on the second, fourth, and seventh days after arrival, reports said.
Travellers who test positive will be shifted to a hospital.
Even those testing negative will have to undergo an additional seven days of home quarantine, the government order said.
The state government adopted these measures after the Centre announced travel guidelines on Nov 28 in view of 'Omicron' strain.
The new strain of Covid has been designated a variant of concern.
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