Coronavirus LIVE Updates: On New Year’s Eve, Delhi’s Daily Covid Cases Jump 36% To 7-Month High

Coronavirus LIVE Updates:The active cases have increased to 91,361 (File)New Delhi: On New Year’s eve, Delhi saw a big spike in coronavirus cases with 1,796 fresh infections – a massive jump of 36 per cent compared to Thursday’s cases (1,313). The surge in cases nationwide is believed to be driven by Omicron.Today’s surge in the city is the biggest daily jump in seven months. The new variant is gradually spreading in the community, and it has been found in 54 per cent of the latest samples analysed in Delhi, the state’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday.The worrying details come as the Arvind Kejriwal government tries to ensure strict curbs across the national capital, including a ban on New Year’s gatherings and events. Also, schools and cinemas have been shut again among other curbs under the “yellow alert”.  The positivity rate stands at 2.44 per cent.India reported 309 fresh Omicron infections, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 1,270, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.The 1,270 cases have been detected across 23 states and Union Territories so far, and 374 people have recovered or migrated.Here are the LIVE Updates on Coronavirus cases in India:Delhi Containment Zones Increase By More Than 8 times In December, Shows DataWith rapid rise in coronavirus cases in the national capital, the number of containment zones has also increased by more than eight times from the beginning of this month.Delhi has been battling a rise in Omicron cases and currently has 320 cases with experts warning that the numbers are expected to soar with each passing day.On December 1, when the national capital had logged 39 infections in a single day, the number of containment zones stood at 102. Cut to December 30, the number of containment zones has increased to 823, while single-day infections have risen to 1,313.



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