Omicron cases in India LIVE: Punjab reports first case of new variant as Spain returnee tests Covid positive

Coronavirus cases in India December 30 LIVE updates: The total Omicron cases in India surged to 961, even as maximum cases were reported in Delhi (263) and Maharashtra (252). Meanwhile, several states saw an exponential rise in daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. With fresh Covid-19 cases, the nationwide caseload has mounted to 3,48,22,040. Meanwhile, the new cases of Covid-19 in the US soared to their highest level on record at over 2,65,000 per day on average. Amid the surge, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concerns over the Omicron and Delta variants of Covid-19 producing a “tsunami” of cases, but he’s still hopeful that the world will put the worst of the pandemic behind it in 2022. Stay with Indiatoday.in for all the latest updates.