Omicron: night curfews in 8 states, 3 UTs

Mumbai: Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 70 percent cases of Omicron variant, higher than yesterday, while Delhi witnessed 50 percent increase.

Mumbai has reported over 1000 cases for the first time in months, with 1,377 cases reported on Tuesday. Yesterday, the city had recorded 803 cases. Meanwhile, 338 people have recovered from the disease on Tuesday. The number of fresh cases in Maharashtra stood at 2,172.

Delhi reported 496 fresh cases as against the 331 cases reported yesterday. The national capital reported one death.

According to reports, a yellow alert has been sounded in Delhi and some restrictions imposed under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in view of rising number of Covid cases in the city.

Punjab has banned entry of not fully vaccinated people from January 15 in public places. Delhi, Karnataka, UP, MP, Assam, Haryana and Kerala, Uttarakhand, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu have imposed night curfews so far. In Uttarakhand, Chief Secretary Dr SS Sandhu on Tuesday instructed all the District Magistrates to create containment zones and impose various restrictions on basis of population and population density. —(PTI)