There are currently 1,31,345 people under surveillance in various districts, of whom 1,27,397 are in home or institutional quarantine and 3,948 in hospitals, the release said. Of the new cases, 18 were health workers, 18 from outside the State and 2,340 infected through contact with the source of it not being clear in 138. ![]() With 3,427 more people recovering from the virus since Wednesday, the total recoveries reached 51,55,142 and the active cases dropped to 26,605.Īs many as 55,631 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.Īmong the 14 districts, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest with 458 fresh cases, followed by Ernakulam (369) and Kozhikode (305). Of the 323 deaths, 54 were recorded over the last few days and 269 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court. On Thursday, the state also reported 323 deaths which raised the toll to 45,861, a government release said. The southern state had reported 3,205 fresh cases on Wednesday prior to which it had logged less than 3,000 new infections for three consecutive days. (PTI)įresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala again dropped below the 3,000 mark with the state on Thursday reporting 2,514 new infections which took the caseload to 52,16,457. Marriage-related gatherings are permitted with a maximum of 200 people in attendance. However, restaurants and bars will continue to operate with up to 50 per cent of the seating capacity. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had on Wednesday directed district magistrates to ensure no Christmas and New Year gatherings take place in the national capital. The total number of Omicron cases in the national capital mounted to 57, according to the data shared by the Union health ministry on Wednesday.Īt least, 18 Omicron patients have been discharged. In view of the rising Covid cases and Omicron threat, Kejriwal earlier said the Delhi government will increase daily test capacity to three lakh and strengthen home isolation module to handle one lakh positive cases each day. In addition, it also provides tele-consultation services, they said. The data stated that the call centre can scale up the manpower as well as the number of phone lines within two-three days of intimation, as and when warranted.Īccording to the officials, the call centre provides information assistance on testing, hospital bed availability, home isolation, oxygen concentrator or cylinder, ambulance, oximeter, medicine kit, vaccination, welfare measures among others. The data specified that about 1,000 to 1,200 calls per day can be handled with the current manpower.Īt present, six phone lines are active in this regard which are sufficient for handling any sudden spurt in the number of calls, it cited. ![]() ![]() The Delhi government's Covid helpline ‘1031' is capable of handling around 1,200 calls per day with the current manpower of 25 people, according to an official data.Ĭhief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday reviewed the pandemic situation and the Omicron threat in the city in a meeting with his ministers and senior officers.Īccording to the data, the Covid helpline number (1031), which is operational 24×7, is manned by 25 executives who are distributed in three shifts and handle an average of 600-700 calls per day. There have been demands that the government allow booster doses of vaccines to be administered to those already fully inoculated against COVID-19, as has been done by many countries. In a communication to the states and UTs on Tuesday, the Centre said the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is at least thrice more transmissible than its Delta variant and asked them to “activate” war rooms, keep analysing even small trends and surges and keep taking strict and prompt containment action at the district and local levels. India has recorded 236 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across 16 states and Union Territories (UTs) so far, out of which 104 people have recovered or migrated, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. Official sources said Modi took stock of the pandemic situation across the country in a high-level meeting attended by senior officials and experts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in the country on Thursday evening amid rising concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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