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India reports 5,326 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours amid Omicron threat

| @indiablooms | Dec 21, 2021, at 04:23 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 5,326 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 453 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated on Tuesday.

In the same span of time, 8,000 COVID-19 patients have recovered.

The active cases now stand at 79,097.

A total of 200 cases of the new 'Omicron' variant of COVID-19 has been reported so far in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Out of the 200 cases, 77 have been discharged, the Ministry data showed.

According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, Delhi and Maharashtra reported the highest numbers with 54 cases each, followed by Telangana 20, and Karnataka 19.

Eighteen cases were reported from Rajasthan, Kerala 15, Gujarat 14, Uttar Pradesh two and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Chandigarh respectively, it said.

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