India’s omicron cases count crossed the 100 mark on Friday after the new version recorded the highest single-day rise in 24 fresh cases, even as the Center barred people from non-essential travel and mass gatherings. Advised to avoid and keep New Year celebrations at a low intensity. Addressing a joint press conference in Delhi, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Lav Agarwal said that though the daily COVID-19 cases are less than 10,000 for the last 20 days, one should be cautious in view of the new omicron version and rising cases. is required. in other countries.
Here is a list of states with omicron cases:
Maharashtra (40)
With a 29-year-old man who returned from New York testing positive for the Omicron variant here on Friday, Maharashtra’s tally of Omicron patients has reached 40. Notably, the person who has no symptoms had taken three doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus. Vaccines, it added.
“The patient has been admitted to the hospital as a precautionary measure and has no symptoms,” the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a release. With this, the number of Omicron patients in the country’s financial capital has increased to 15, including five patients who are from here. outside Mumbai.
But 13 of these patients have already been discharged from hospitals. In fact, none of the 15 omicron patients detected in the city so far have reported severe symptoms, the BMC said.
Delhi (22)
Twelve more people tested positive for the new Covid variant Omicron in Delhi on Friday, taking their number to 22, and officials said most of them are “fully vaccinated” and “asymptomatic”. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said out of 22 patients, ten have been discharged. On Tuesday, he said that the Omicron variant of the corona virus has not yet spread in the community and the situation is under control.
Rajasthan (17)
The state has so far recorded 17 cases of the new version of coronavirus.
According to an official statement, sixteen new cases of corona virus were reported in Rajasthan on Friday and one died due to the disease.
Karnataka (8)
With five more cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus detected in Karnataka on Thursday, December 16, the total number in the state has gone up to eight. Of the state’s first three Omicron patients, two have been discharged and one has fled the country.
Gujarat (7)
Days after returning from Zambia in Africa, an elderly couple from Gujarat’s Vadodara city have been found infected with the newly discovered Omicron strain of coronavirus, officials said on Friday, December 17. With the addition of these two fresh cases, Gujarat’s Omicron tally has reached 7, out of which three patients have been discharged from the hospital.
Notably, despite the fact that Zambia is a “non-high risk” country, Omicron has been found in pairs, said Vadodara Municipal Corporation health medical officer, Dr Devesh Patel. Kup, a 75-year-old man and his 67-year-old wife, a resident of Fatehpura area, had come to Vadodara from the East African country on December 7.
Telangana (8)
Two more cases of Omicron have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of cases of the new coronavirus variant in the state to eight, a health official said on Friday, December 17. Noting that all the eight cases were of travelers from abroad. G Srinivasa Rao, state director of public health, said there has been neither community transmission nor local people testing positive for omicrons in Telangana so far.
Kerala (7)
Kerala reported two new cases of the Omicron version of the coronavirus on December 17, taking the total to seven, the state health department said. A new form of the virus was detected in an elderly couple who arrived in Kochi from the UAE. The state had detected its first Omicron case in Ernakulam district on December 12, when a person who had returned from the UK tested positive. Four more cases of the new version were confirmed on 15 December.
West Bengal (1)
A seven-year-old boy, who was the first person from West Bengal to test positive for the Omicron version of Covid-19, and his family members were discharged from a hospital in Malda district on Thursday after they tested positive for the virus. had tested negative for. , said a health department official. The boy had recently returned to West Bengal from Abu Dhabi via Hyderabad. He had left from Kolkata airport for a relative’s place at Kaliachak in Malda district. He was admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital along with his sister and parents.
Chandigarh (1)
Chandigarh, on December 12, reported its first case of the omicron version of the coronavirus, as a 20-year-old fully vaccinated man, who had come to visit his relatives from Italy, tested positive for the infection, health department officials said on December 12. tested. The whole genomic sequencing was obtained late night of 11th December and was found to be positive for the Omicron variant,” informed Dr. Suman Singh, Director, Health Services, Chandigarh.
Andhra Pradesh (1)
A 34-year-old foreign traveller, who had come from Ireland to Mumbai and then to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, tested positive for the variant on December 12. “His report for complete genomic sequencing was received late night of December 11 and has been found positive. For the Omicron version,” it said in a statement.
Tamil Nadu (1)
A 47-year-old man, who had arrived from Nigeria a few days ago along with six members of his family, tested positive for the Omicron version of the coronavirus on December 15, the first such case reported in Tamil Nadu. Minister of State Ma Subramaniam. The Minister of Medical and Family Welfare said that the passenger who arrived here from Nigeria via Doha on December 10 had tested COVID-19 positive and six of his family members had also tested positive for the virus.
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