Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 1 (ANI): Amidst the ban on New Year celebrations in Odisha, the police in Bhubaneswar undertook night patrolling to ensure compliance with restrictions imposed by the government.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 31 (ANI): Dharavi witnessed a spike in COVID-19 cases on Friday and 34 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Delhi reported 1,796 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, witnessing its highest single-day spike in cases since May 22, said the state health department on Friday.
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Friday called upon states and union territories to consider anyone with fever, headache, sore throat, breathlessness, body ache as a suspect case of COVID-19 and conduct tests.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 31 (ANI): Amid rising COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, the state government on Friday informed that metro trains and theatres will operate with 50 per cent sitting capacity till January 10.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 31 (ANI): Kerala reported 2,676 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Friday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 31 (ANI): Uttarakhand reported 88 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Friday.
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): With the Union Health Ministry noting a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, official sources have said that the reason behind the spike is the Omicron variant which has started replacing its predecessor Delta in India and the world.
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Amid the spike in the COVID-19 cases in the country, the tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum for the general public will remain closed from January 1.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan added 515 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) informed on Friday.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 9,594,088 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Africa as of Thursday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.