COVID-19
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 6,984 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 247 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated on Wednesday.
In the same span of time, 8,168 COVID-19 patients have recovered.
The recovery percentage now stands at 98.38%, the highest since Mar 2020.
The active now account for 0.25% of the total cases, the lowest since Mar 2020.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is "spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant".
"77 countries have now reported cases of Omicron, and the reality is that Omicron is probably in most countries, even if it hasn’t been detected yet. Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a media briefing.
"We’re concerned that people are dismissing Omicron as mild. Surely, we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. Even if Omicron does cause less severe disease, the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared health systems," Ghebreyesus said.
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