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On Thursday, India has reported 67,084 fresh Covid-19 cases, along with 1,67,882 recoveries and 1,241 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the data updated by the Union Health Ministry. The country's total active cases has reached 7,90,789 and the death toll stands at 5,06,520. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.44 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 6.58 per cent, said the ministry. 

Warning by WHO officials 

On Tuesday, WHO Covid-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said, “Omicron is the latest variant of concern. It will not be the last variant of concern that WHO will speak about. The next one, you know, that will come hopefully, it will take some time to get there. But with the level of intensity of spread, the possibility that we will have other variants is really high."