Bengaluru: Karnataka reported five more covid-19 case Of omicron According to Health Minister K Sudhakar, the state tally rose to 19 on Monday.
Health officials said the patients had mild symptoms and none of them had any recent travel history or contact with international travelers. Four of the new infected are women. All five were fully immunized.
a 54-year-old woman from Dharwad; a 20-year-old female student from Bhadravati in Shivamogga; 82 year old male and 73 year old female from same family
Udupi, and a 19-year-old girl from Mangaluru were the new patients infected with Omicron.
The student of Bhadravati College tested positive on December 6. Out of 218 contacts who have tested positive, 26 are positive for Covid. “The genomic sequencing report is awaited,” a health official said. This was the first Omicron case detected in Shivamogga.
cases from Udupi and Mangaluru were part of the clusters that were sent for genomic sequencing, confirming the presence of Omicron.
New strain found in six districts
In the Udupi cluster, an 11-year-old boy tested positive in the last week of November. After that, four primary contacts were tested and three turned out to be Covid positive. Their samples were sent for genomic sequencing,” said a health official.
The woman from Dharwad – the first case of Omicron in the district – tested positive for Covid on 5 December. According to a health department release, he was treated in home isolation and is presently relieved of symptoms. He had four primary contacts and 133 secondary contacts, all of whom tested negative for COVID-19.
Now, omicrons have been detected in six districts of Karnataka: Bengaluru, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Dharwad and Shivamogga. The first two cases of Omicron in India were reported from Karnataka on 2 December.
Health officials said the patients had mild symptoms and none of them had any recent travel history or contact with international travelers. Four of the new infected are women. All five were fully immunized.
a 54-year-old woman from Dharwad; a 20-year-old female student from Bhadravati in Shivamogga; 82 year old male and 73 year old female from same family
Udupi, and a 19-year-old girl from Mangaluru were the new patients infected with Omicron.
The student of Bhadravati College tested positive on December 6. Out of 218 contacts who have tested positive, 26 are positive for Covid. “The genomic sequencing report is awaited,” a health official said. This was the first Omicron case detected in Shivamogga.
cases from Udupi and Mangaluru were part of the clusters that were sent for genomic sequencing, confirming the presence of Omicron.
New strain found in six districts
In the Udupi cluster, an 11-year-old boy tested positive in the last week of November. After that, four primary contacts were tested and three turned out to be Covid positive. Their samples were sent for genomic sequencing,” said a health official.
The woman from Dharwad – the first case of Omicron in the district – tested positive for Covid on 5 December. According to a health department release, he was treated in home isolation and is presently relieved of symptoms. He had four primary contacts and 133 secondary contacts, all of whom tested negative for COVID-19.
Now, omicrons have been detected in six districts of Karnataka: Bengaluru, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Dharwad and Shivamogga. The first two cases of Omicron in India were reported from Karnataka on 2 December.
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