Coronavirus in India Updates: Karnataka reports 42,470 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

J&K has reported 6,568 new COVID-19 cases with 2,330 recoveries and 7 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Gujarat has reported 23,150 new COVID cases with 10,103 recoveries and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Tamil Nadu has reported 30,744 new COVID cases with 23,372 recoveries and 33 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Chhattisgarh has reported 5661 new COVID cases with 245 recoveries and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Karnataka has reported 42,470 new COVID cases with 35,140 recoveries and 26 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra has reported 46,393 new COVID cases and 48 deaths in the last 24 hours. The state has recorded 416 Omicron cases today. 

Mumbai has reported 3,568 new COVID cases with 231 recoveries and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Delhi has reported 11,486 new COVID cases with 14,802 recoveries and 45 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Sikkim on Saturday registered 344 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 36,765, a health department bulletin said. Two fresh fatalities due to the disease in the last 24 hours raised the death toll to 421, it said.

"Police officers, including SPs and Range IGs, have been informed through video conferencing about strict implementation of night curfew in 17 additional towns. They have been asked to enforce it with officer-oriented policing with human approach, involving local police, home guards and GRDs (gram rakshak dal)," State Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia told reporters.

The number of fatalities caused due to COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu was 'less' as compared to other states because 65 per cent of the population has two doses of vaccination, Tamil Nadu Minister Ma Subramanian said.

Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta urged Lt Governor Anil Baijal to end weekend curfew, odd-even based opening of shops as well as allow restaurants and gyms with 50 per cent capacity in the city.

Kerala has reported 45,136 new COVID cases and 132 deaths in the last 24 hours. "Of the total active cases, only three per cent of the patients are admitted to hospitals," the health department said in a release.

"HD Devegowda was admitted on Jan 21and has been clinically stable since then. His vital parameters are within normal limits and he has been responding to treatment. He's comfortable and attending to his activities from his room. He continues to be closely monitored", Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru, updated. 

This comes after former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) president HD Devegowda tested positive for COVID-19.

"More than 16,000 COVID cases reported in Pune yesterday. So, we've decided not to re-open schools in the Pune district for the next one week. COVID numbers are not likely to come down in Pune, for at least the next 8 days", said, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. 

"From 24 (January) we will reopening schools for classes 1-12th with COVID protocols; CM has agreed to our proposal," Varsha Gaikwad, Maharashtra School Education Minister

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In a key development, sources told Republic TV on Saturday that the Election Commission of India is likely to extend the campaign-related curbs by a week. 

CDC found that the unvaccinated seniors with COVID-19 disease are 49 times more probable to require hospitalisation than those with boosters:

Singer Lata Mangeshkar is still in the ICU ward but there has been a slight improvement in her health today: Dr Pratit Samdani, who's treating her at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital.

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 11,96,140 on Saturday as 8,845 people, including 927 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

The daily spike in cases is the lowest in the last 10 days, reducing by 18.5 per cent from 10,856 a week ago. The state had logged 9,833 cases and six deaths on Friday.

The state's coronavirus death toll increased to 8,514 as seven more patients succumbed to the infection, it said.

The Delhi government will now hold a large-scale survey to study the stress caused by the pandemic and its impact on school children.

Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) President HD Devegowda has no symptoms and his health is stable, stated Office of HD Devegowda:

India reports 3,37,704 new COVID cases (9,550 less than yesterday), 488 deaths, and 2,42,676 recoveries in the last 24 hours:

• More than 160.58 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
• More than 12.79 crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs

A total of 1,000 people will be allowed to attend the programme at state level & 500 at the district level. Pre & post Republic Day celebration to be avoid, reads the SOP issued in view of COVID-19:

The President of the United States, Joe Biden has issued a statement talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it has on everyone.

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Three recent studies from the US CDC emphasise the necessity of obtaining a booster dose to ensure the highest protection against the new Omicron variant:

Kerala Health Minister Veena Geroge also added that hospitals and areas will be marked into categories based on the occupancy of ICU beds by COVID patients:

"The medical kit has been provided to us by dist administration & we deliver them to patients," said BC Sharma, senior postmaster:

Dr Dhiren Gupta, who is a Paediatric Pulmonologist said on Friday that the Omicron-driven wave of COVID-19 has ten times fewer hospitalizations:

"Under this initiative, the adopter will bear monthly maintenance cost of the adopted animal & we're getting good response," says an official

The Centre has sought clarification from Kerala over its Covid death reporting mechanism, saying daily reconciliation of large numbers leads to an overall skewed scenario of COVID-19 mortality, further impacting planning for public health response. 

In a letter to the state government, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Kerala has reported a total of 20,563 reconciled Covid deaths since October 22, 2021. He drew the state government's attention to the ministry's letter dated November 12, 2021, and further reiterations during review meetings, where states were advised to ensure that all backlog deaths are reconciled and updated at once including the date of death. 

Active cases of COVID-19 in J&K at 34,882:

Till date, a total of 2343 patients infected with Omicron Variant have been reported in the state:

Active cases of COVID-19 in Jharkhand at 23,770:

The number of active cases of COVID-19 stood at 1,16,843 in Gujarat, as per the bulletin issued on Friday: