India is bracing for a third wave of coronavirus as its largest cities - the capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai - see a surge in cases. India reported 37,379 cases on Tuesday, a fivefold rise in a week that experts say is fuelled by the Omicron variant. Nearly a third of those infections came from Delhi and Mumbai, where cases are rising most steeply. The country has reported more than 1,700 Omicron cases - Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, is leading the table (568), followed by Delhi (382). Now as cases rise again, state governments are re-imposing restrictions.

Source: The Nation January 05, 2022 03:03 UTC