India's Omicron cases jump to 101

Jabuben Bharwad, 30, receives a dose of COVISHIELD vaccine against COVID-19, that's manufactured by Serum Institute of India, while working in a field during a door-to-door vaccination drive at Mahijada village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has detected a total of 101 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a health ministry official said on Friday, adding some districts were showing a rise in overall infections relative to tests.

(Reporting by Krishna N. Das and Rama Venkat; editing by John Stonestreet)