Govt warns against gatherings, needless travel as Omicron count rises to 111

  

New Delhi/Mumbai: India's Omicron Covid count crossed the 100-mark on Friday after recording the highest single-day rise of 24 fresh cases of the new variant. The Centre advised people to avoid non-essential travel and mass gatherings and keep New Year celebrations at low intensity. As the Omicron tally from 11 states and union territories stood at 111 exactly 15 days after the first case of the potentially more contagious Covid variant was detected in Karnataka, 20 new cases were reported from Maharashtra(8) and Delhi(12) to take their total to 40 and 22 respectively. Telangana and Kerala recorded two more cases each to take their tally to eight and seven respectively.

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