India Omicron
World is witnessing fourth surge, Centre warns countrymen as Omicron cases touch 358
New Delhi: The Indian government on Friday said the world is witnessing a fourth surge in COVID-19 cases so people in India should remain alert.
Meanwhile, the overall Omicron case tally in the country now stands at 358.
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Maharashtra has reported 88 cases of the new variant so far, leading the chart.
Delhi registered 67 cases so far.
Addressing a press conference, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said: "The world is witnessing the fourth surge and the overall positivity is 6.1 percent. Therefore, we have to be on guard and we can't afford to slacken."
Speaking about the condition of viral positivity across the globe, he said: "For the last 4 weeks, India has been reporting less than 10 thousand new cases every 24 hours, and if we look at the average new cases for last two weeks it is roughly 7 thousand."
"Globally, the case positivity is more than 6%, In India the case positivity is 5.3 percent," he said.
Meanwhile, 114 Omicron-infected people have been discharged from hospital.
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