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Sarojni Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Over 2.71 lakh fresh Covid cases in India, Omicron tally at 7,743

Experts stressed that this third wave is largely being driven by Omicron variant

16 Jan 2022 10:31 AM IST

A health worker prepares to administer the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a police officer at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports over 2.64 lakh Covid infections, highest in 239 days

The country's Omicron tally stands at 5,753, 4.83 per cent increase since Thursday

14 Jan 2022 10:12 AM IST

Volunteers in personal protective equipment (PPE) suits and relative perform the last rites during the cremation of a person who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a cremation ground in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron more infectious than Delta variant: Medanta Hospital senior...

Omicron shows higher vaccine unresponsiveness and vaccine failure, the surgeon said

13 Jan 2022 4:42 PM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab samples of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT Station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Single day rise of 2,47,417 Covid cases reported in India, Omicron...

The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the highest so far

13 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

A worker wearing protective equipment stands inside a temporary COVID-19 testing laboratory in northern Chinas Tianjin Municipality. (Photo: AP)

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO

Omicron is becoming the dominant variant that is being detected

12 Jan 2022 10:05 AM IST

People gather at the Juhu beach amid restrictions imposed due to rising COVID-19 cases in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

India records over 1.68 Lakh fresh Covid infections, 4,461 Omicron...

An increase of 97,827 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

11 Jan 2022 10:15 AM IST

Karol Bagh market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Over 1.79 Lakh fresh Covid infections in India, highest in 227 days

146 new fatalities have been registered, with 4,033 cases of Omicron in a span of 24 hours

10 Jan 2022 10:23 AM IST

Women wearing face masks to protect from coronavirus, play with a dog in the medieval core in central Nicosia, Cyprus. (Photo: PTI)

New coronavirus variant 'Deltacron' emerges in Cyprus

In total, 10 of the mutations from Omicron were found in the 25 samples taken in Cyprus

9 Jan 2022 2:33 PM IST

A medical worker administers a shot of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo: AP)

Vaccine skeptics slammed across Europe as Omicron rages

Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people

9 Jan 2022 1:11 PM IST

A railway employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India records over 1.5 Lakh new Covid infections, 3,623 cases of...

Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of Omicron cases, followed by Delhi and Karnataka

9 Jan 2022 9:53 AM IST

Passengers wait for taxis outside the T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India reports its second Omicron death from Odisha

The deceased, identified as a 50-year-old woman, was suffering from a brain stroke

7 Jan 2022 11:28 AM IST

A health worker sanitises an ambulance outside the Covid Care Centre at Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India records 1,17,100 new Covid cases, highest after 214 days

3,007 cases of Omicron have been reported across 27 states and UTs

7 Jan 2022 10:20 AM IST