India jumps to 9th globally in JN.1 COVID infections
India's SARS-COV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a network of laboratories that monitors variants of virus, maintains there is no need for panic
India's SARS-COV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a network of laboratories that monitors variants of virus, maintains there is no need for panic
The move comes against the backdrop of the sudden spurt of cases being witnessed in Japan, the United States of America, the Republic of Korea, Brazil and China.
Omicron XE variant could be 10% more transmissible than Omicron BA.2 variant, which is currently causing massive infections in the U.K., parts of China and the U.S., warn experts.
Service sector jobs declined for the second straight month in January.
Karnataka logged over 47,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, including over 30,000 cases reported in Bengaluru.
India's active caseload currently stands at 18.31 lakh patients with a daily positivity rate of 15.13% and weekly positivity rate of 15.53%.
Household income was impacted the most by the pandemic-induced restrictions, causing consumer confidence to hit multiple lows during this period.
Omicron cases in the country have also increased to 8,209, an increase of 6.02% since yesterday.
Daily positivity rate in India has increased to 14.78% from 13.11% a day ago and weekly positivity rate is now at 11.83%.
India recorded 2,47,417 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total active case load to over 11.17 lakh patients.