India reports first Omicron death in Rajasthan
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: Amid a whopping spike in Covid-19 cases, the Union health ministry on Wednesday released revised guidelines for home isolation for mild and asymptomatic infections, saying such patients will stand discharged after at least seven days from testing positive and no fever for three successive days. The health ministry home isolation guidelines specify that the treatment of every patient must be monitored individually as per his/her specific condition, and hence generic sharing of prescriptions should be avoided. The health ministry data released at 8 am Wednesday showed India had registered a single-day rise of 58,097 new infections, the highest in around 199 days, taking the total tally of cases to 3,50,18,358. Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain declared that the “third wave” has hit the national capital, with 10,665 fresh cases, a positivity rate of 11.9 per cent and eight deaths in 24 hours.