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BENGALURU: Genome sequencing analysis by the state has revealed that 67.5% of the Covid-19 cases are triggered by Omicron variant and 26% by delta strains.
From January 1, a total of 1,853 samples were sequenced and of these, 1,555 were found to be of concern type. While 1,115 samples contained the Omicron strain, 404 had delta and 102 belonged to the eta, beta, kappa and pango strains.
This is in contrast to the second wave, during which the delta (90.7%) was the dominant strain.
The health department said 5,659 samples had been processed till December 2021 and of these, 4,441 were of concern type. A total of 4,027 belonged to the Delta and its sub-lineages.
The number of claims exceeds official deaths
Meanwhile, while official government figures put the number of Covid-19 fatalities in Mysore district at 2,465 as of Thursday (January 27), the government has received at least 1,300 claims outside this figure and is probing these deaths.
The Center had announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 per deceased person, while the state government would pay an additional Rs 1 lakh per bereaved family.
Officials believe that those who died after being discharged from hospitals, COVID care centers or in home isolation were not officially registered as COVID-19 deaths. These deaths do not appear in the official figures under cumulative deaths.
Initially, only infected people who died within 10 days of testing positive or in hospital (for any number of days) were officially considered as COVID deaths. However, following the Supreme Court’s direction, the parameter was changed to 30 days and the number of applications seeking compensation increased dramatically. Although these deaths are not included in the official figures, a special committee is reviewing them on a case-by-case basis.
BS Manjunatha Swamy, Additional Deputy Commissioner, who heads the district committee to review the Covid deaths, said, “The district administration has received around 1,300 claims from families that are out of the official tally. Out of them, 1,069 claims have been cleared after verifying details like SRF ID, hospital details and death certificate. The applications were placed before the committee, which includes the District Health Officer, among others. ,
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