Omicron Testing Kit: Omicron’s figure in India has crossed 1800. Maharashtra has the highest number of Omicron cases. At the same time, Omicron has the second highest number of cases in Delhi.

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the OmiSure kit for testing the new variant of Coronavirus, Omicron. The OmiSure kit has been developed by Tata Medical.

ICMR approves OmiSure

Let us know that TATA MD CHECK RT-PCR OmiSure of Tata Medical and Diagnostics Limited was approved by ICMR only on December 30, but its information has come to the fore today (Tuesday).

More than 1800 cases of Omicron have been found in the country

So far 1,892 cases of Omicron, a new variant of Coronavirus, have been reported in 23 states and union territories of the country, out of which 766 infected have been recovered. According to the Union Health Ministry, the maximum number of 568 cases were reported in Maharashtra of the new variant, followed by 382 in Delhi, 185 in Kerala, 174 in Rajasthan, 152 in Gujarat and 121 in Tamil Nadu.

More than 37 thousand cases found in 1 day in India

After the arrival of 37,379 new cases of Kovid-19 in India in the last 24 hours, the number of infected in the country has increased to 3 crore 49 lakh 60 thousand 261 while the number of active cases has increased to 1 lakh 71 thousand 830.

According to the data, after the death of 124 more infected, the death toll from corona in the country has increased to 4 lakh 82 thousand 17. At present, the recovery rate in the country is 98.13 percent. There has been an increase of 26 thousand 248 cases in the active cases of Kovid-19 in the last 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health, at present the daily positivity rate in the country is 3.24 percent and the weekly positivity rate is 2.05 percent. So far, a total of 3,43,06,414 people have recovered from Corona in the country. The death rate from Kovid-19 in India is 1.38 percent.

Significantly, the vaccination campaign is being run rapidly in India for the prevention of corona. So far more than 146.70 crore vaccine doses have been given in the country.