The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India said today that India has reported 5,326 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total number of cases since the pandemic began to 3,47,52,164. Shivraj Singh Chouhan led the Madhya Pradesh government to face opposition criticism for allegedly underreporting coronavirus cases, despite its good performance in the state’s Lok Sabha and parliamentary votes. Former Chief Minister Kamal accused the state government of underreporting Covid-related deaths. Nath claimed that more than 100,000 people died of infections in the state in March and April. The Bhopal police filed an FIR against Kamal Nath, the leader of the opposition party in parliament, because of his controversial “India variant” coronavirus remarks. The ruling BJP accused Kamal Nath of spreading misleading information through his comments on the B.1.617 variant, which he called the “Indian variant”. Gujarat extended curfews in eight districts on December 31
The Gujarat government has extended night curfews in eight major cities in the state to December 31 due to the increasing number of COVID-19 variant Omicron cases in the state. According to official orders, the curfew will be from 1 am to 5 am. The eight cities that continue to witness the curfew are Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Junagar. MP: Six other international travelers tested positive for Covid-19 in Indore, and samples were sent for genome sequencing
After arriving in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, another 6 international travelers tested positive for COVID-19. Since December 1, the total number of such foreign returnees in the city has reached 12. Samples of people who tested positive have been sent for genome sequencing.
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