Dr NK Arora, chairman of Covid-19 working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), a government panel monitoring the country’s coronavirus advisory committee, said that there are around 3-4 sub-lineages of the Omicron variant.
“There are 3-4 sub-lineages of Omicron variant of coronavirus. These sub-lineages could be different when it comes to diagnosis but their epidemiological behaviour is same,” Arora said.
However, raising the concern level of the consistent surge in cases, the NTAGI chief said that as per a research, the infections are only going to rise in the coming days.
“IIT’s modelling shows Covid-19 cases will increase rapidly in the coming days, which is, in fact, happening. Covid-appropriate behaviour and vaccination coverage are two important factors to contain its spread. Administrative steps like curfews also help,” he said.
India on Tuesday recorded 1,68,063 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.
However, as compared to the previous 24-hour period, the total caseload of new infections is down by 11,660. India had recorded 1,79,723 cases on Monday.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 has reached 8,21,446, while the daily positivity rate is at 10.64 per cent. There is a slight drop in positivity rate from Monday, which was 13.29 per cent.
There are at present 4,461 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in India.
India also reported 277 new Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total death toll from the infection to 4,84,213.
