A total of 415 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in India so far, out of which 115 have recovered or migrated, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Saturday. A decrease of 484 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. It has been below one per cent for the last 41 days, according to the Health Ministry. India had crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on May 4 and 30 million on June 23. The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

Source: The Nation December 25, 2021 08:53 UTC