India reports 220 fatalities from COVID-19

India on Tuesday reported 6,822 new cases and 220 fatalities, taking the cumulative caseload to 34,648,383 (95,014 active cases) and fatalities to 473,757.

Worldwide: Over 266.74 million cases and over 5.27 million fatalities.

Vaccination in India: 1,287,610,590 doses. Worldwide: Over 8.21 billion doses, Times of India reported.

Indian shares rose more than 1% as investors looked past concerns surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant, Reuters reported.

“Omicron is only causing mild impacts currently but since it is spreading fast it could lead to more travel restrictions,” said Amit Gupta, fund manager, portfolio management services, ICICI Securities.