 | WHO: COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the worldWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said cases were on the rise in 110 countries, mostly driven by the omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. |
 | Odisha cuts down on staff, infrastructure engaged in Covid containment amid rising casesHealth department officials are perplexed as to how districts and urban local bodies will function without the required manpower at a time when there is every possibility of an increase in cases. |
 | Puducherry records 18 fresh Covid-19 casesAround four patients in Puducherry recovered during the last 24 hours and the overall recovery was 1,63,948. |
 | India logs 1,225 new COVID-19 cases, 28 deathsThe country's daily Covid positivity rate was recorded at 0.20 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.23 per cent. |
 | Sunday restrictions elicit good response in Thiruvananthapuram, curbs affect trafficThe restrictions were put in place in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19, which has affected the capital district severely. |
 | Omicron Cases: Trust authentic source of information, not any that might create panic, says CentreThe Joint Secretary further informed that the Government of India stresses home isolation for dealing with the Omicron variant and they have reduced its time from 10 days to seven days. |
 | COVID-19: India records 1,79,723 new cases, 146 deathsThe number of active cases has increased to 7,23,619, the highest in around 204 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,83,936 with 146 fatalities. |
 | A deserted future for Delhi restaurantsWith weekend curfew in place, restaurants are back looking at a bleak future. They had just about started recovering after the second wave. |
 | Major Covid spurt in Madhya Pradesh: 594 cases in 24 hours take active cases to 1544MP’s positivity close to 1% as single day spike of 319 cases drives Indore’s positivity to 3.91%, Bhopal’s positivity rose to 1.58%. |
 | More than 130 Covid-19 cases in schools till date in KarnatakaThe highest number of students are from Chikamagalur, with 92 cases in students from Jawahar Navodaya School in Koppa Taluk who were found to be infected. |
 | Odisha residential college in Covid grip, 56 students test positiveAdding to Wednesday’s tally of 33, 19 more Covid cases were detected among the students of Sai Krupa Residential College on Dec 2. |
 | Omicron variant: Wary states reach for alert buttonThe new variant of coronavirus called Omicron (B.1.1.529) is yet to be traced in India, but states are already on alert. |
 | Flights cancelled, schools shut over three Covid-19 cases in China's ShanghaiOver 500 flights from Shanghai's two major airports were cancelled on Friday, data from flight tracker VariFlight showed. |
 | India adds 9,283 new cases in 24 hours; active tally in lowest in 537 daysThe daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 47 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 150 consecutive days now. |
 | Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 532 daysThe daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 44 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 147 consecutive days now. |
