As India witnesses a third COVID wave, a large proportion of Omicron cases have been reported from big cities, stated the head of India’s vaccine task force, Dr NK Arora.

Dr Arora said that big cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata together have a 75% share of infections due to the Omicron variant. He further stated, “…… last week, nationally overall, 12% of the variants identified were Omicron and the week gone by in the previous week, it has increased to 28%.”

He also said that India is witnessing the third wave of COVID-19 and the entire wave appears to be driven by the new variant – Omicron… (NDTV, January 3, 2022)