India on Tuesday added 46 more cases to its Omicron tally, significantly lower than the 135 infections recorded the previous day, the highest daily count since the highly contagious form of coronavirus was detected in the country on December 2. There was a big jump. India’s total Omicron tally stood at 717 on Tuesday evening.
Delhi led the spurt in fresh cases with 23 patients testing positive, taking the national capital’s total to 165, just two less than Maharashtra, which has the highest number of cases in the country. Significantly, no fresh case was reported in Maharashtra on Tuesday.
Sources in the Delhi government said that with cases of omicron rising, it is likely that all international travelers arriving in the national capital may have to go for mandatory quarantine at hotels near the Delhi airport. This measure is being considered to prevent community spread of the new version.
Delhi led the spurt in fresh cases with 23 patients testing positive, taking the national capital’s total to 165, just two less than Maharashtra, which has the highest number of cases in the country. Significantly, no fresh case was reported in Maharashtra on Tuesday.
Sources in the Delhi government said that with cases of omicron rising, it is likely that all international travelers arriving in the national capital may have to go for mandatory quarantine at hotels near the Delhi airport. This measure is being considered to prevent community spread of the new version.
Apart from Delhi, Tamil Nadu reported 11 cases, taking its tally to 45, while seven cases were reported from Telangana and five from Gujarat. With a total of 78 cases, Gujarat is the third most affected state in the country after Maharashtra and Delhi. Telangana ranks fourth with 62 cases.
In Tamil Nadu, out of the 11 fresh cases, seven are from Chennai. Of the total 45 patients in the state, 24 have been discharged.
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