202 deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours
New Delhi: According to the Health Ministry on Monday, In the last 24 hours, India recorded 7,350 new COVID-19 cases and 202 deaths, pushing the death number to 4,75,636.
A decrease of 825 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The active cases are at 91,456.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the new Omicron coronavirus strain which is now present in 63 countries, will surpass Delta in speed.
The WHO added, "As of December 9, 2021, cases of human infections with this variant have been identified in 63 countries across the regions. There is still a question as to why the new strain is spreading so fast.
The document said, "Given the current available data, it is likely that Omicron will outpace the Delta variant where community transmission occurs."
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