These states in India have confirmed cases of Omicron Covid variant. Full list

Maharashtra and Delhi remain the leading contributors in India's Omicron tally, with 454 and 320 cases, respectively.

Cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 witnessed a whopping surge on Thursday taking the overall tally to 1,432 after multiple states, including Maharashtra and Kerala confirmed new infections. Bihar was the entrant in the nationwide tally with its first case reported in a 26-year-old man, who recently returned to the eastern state from Delhi.

India has so far reported over 1,400 cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. (PTI)

The highly transmissible new strain of coronavirus that has been categorised as a ‘variant of concern’ by the United Nations health agency World Health Organisation (WHO), has spread like fire and triggered multiple states and Union territories (UTs) across India to take measures to combat it.

Delhi, which is one of the top two most-hit regions in the country along with Maharashtra, has imposed a yellow alert and a night curfew between 10pm and 5am as part of its Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Maharashtra has also announced curbs that include banning gathering of more than five people between 9pm and 6am, and imposing Section 144 in Mumbai. Earlier in the day, the state government announced fresh restrictions wherein it capped attendees at social, political or religious events at 50 and those at funerals at 20. Similar curbs have been announced by other states as well such as Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, among others.

Here's a list of states and Union territories that have so far reported Omicron cases:

1. Maharashtra
2. Delhi
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Gujarat
5. Kerala
6. Rajasthan
7. Telangana
8. Karnataka
9. Andhra Pradesh
10. Haryana
11. Odisha
12. West Bengal
13. Madhya Pradesh
14. Uttarakhand
15. Chandigarh
16. Jammu and Kashmir
17. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
18. Uttar Pradesh
19. Goa
20. Himachal Pradesh
21. Ladakh
22. Manipur
23. Punjab
24. Bihar

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