Coronavirus LIVE: India records over 1.94 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 15.9% higher than yesterday

Covid-19, Omicron in India January 12 Live updates: India recorded 1,94,720 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 15.9% higher than yesterday. Also, 165 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide toll to 4,84,378. Meanwhile, the country’s Omicron tally stands at 4,868. Not just India, countries across the world are witnessing an exonential rise in Covid-19 cases. The EU’s drug watchdog said the spread of the Omicron variant is pushing Covid-19 towards being an endemic disease that humanity can live with, although it remains a pandemic for now. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against treating Covid-19 as an endemic illness like flu, rather than as a pandemic, saying the spread of the Omicron variant has not yet stabilised. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE updates.