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Coronavirus Vaccine Registration, Coronavirus Omicron Variant Cases in India January 11 Live Updates: As the highly contagious Omicron variant of Coronavirus continues its rapid spread across the globe, including in India, the Union Health Ministry started providing ‘precaution doses’ of Covid vaccine. According to Union Health Ministry data, over 11 lakh health care and frontline workers, and 60-plus citizens with co-morbidities received their third Covid dose on Monday as India began administering a “precautionary” dose against Coronavirus.
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Meanwhile, India reported 1,68,063 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 jours, taking its overall tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, according to data from the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday. The number of active cases rose to 8,21,446, the highest in 208 days, while the death toll climbed to 4,84,213 with 277 fresh fatalities, the Health Ministry said. Of the total 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, 1,711 people have recovered or migrated so far. Maharashtra recorded the highest number of 1,247 cases, followed by Rajasthan at 645, Delhi 546, Karnataka 479 and Kerala 350. India had witnessed 1,79,723 fresh Coronavirus infections on Monday.
As Omicron led Covid surge in India, several states/UT governments have already imposed several restrictions, including night curfew and weekend lockdown in order to check the surge of Covid-19.
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