LIVE: India Omicron tally over 1,000; Centre asks states to boost testing

Delhi Wellness Minister Satyendar Jain, meanwhile, reported Omicron is gradually spreading in the group.

Live news updates: India’s tally of the remarkably contagious Omicron variant of coronvirus (COVID-19) on Thursday crossed 1,000 on the back of Maharashtra reporting its optimum single-day infection with the new pressure, as states more tightened steps to deal with the surge in coronavirus situations. Delhi Wellness Minister Satyendar Jain, meanwhile, reported Omicron is gradually spreading in the group and the variant of concern has been observed in forty six for every cent of the most recent samples of common COVID-19 situations analysed in the nationwide money.

The Centre on Thursday urged 19 states and union territories to ramp up Covid testing “in a big way” to determine situations immediately and limit its spread in see of the elevated transmissibility of the Omicron variant, and the much larger preponderance of asymptomatic situations.