NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua): India on Sunday reported 159,632 new Covid-19 cases, which is over a five-fold increase since the beginning of the new year. On Jan. 1, the total number of new cases was only 27,553.
The virus continues to spread at an unprecedented pace, largely driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant (B.1.1.529), which is now present in 27 states.
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