Sports Authority of India To Shut Down Training Centres Amid Rise in COVID-19 Cases

New Delhi, January 10: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday confirmed that it has determined to shut its 67 coaching centres as a result of rising COVID-19 instances in the nation. "In view of rising cases of Covid 19, the Sports Authority of India has decided to close the 67 SAI Training Centres across the country," acknowledged an official assertion. "The decision also comes in the wake of directives issued by various states to suspend sporting activities for the safety of athletes. The STCs will be reopened after reviewing the situation in due course of time," it added. India reported 1,79,723 new COVID-19 instances in the final 24 hours, taking the every day positivity price in the nation to 13.29 per cent, based on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. A complete of 4,033 instances of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported up to now. Maharashtra has reported the best quantity of instances (1,216), adopted by Rajasthan (529) and Delhi (513). India Records 1,79,723 New COVID-19 Cases, 146 Deaths in Past 24 Hours; Omicron Tally Reaches 4,033. About 1,552 sufferers contaminated with the brand new variant have recovered. The Ministry additional knowledgeable that the energetic caseload in the nation at present stands at 7,23,619 which account for two.03 per cent of the nation's complete quantity of instances. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, SociallyKeeda Staff could not have modified or edited the content material physique)