Omicron Alert Omicron cases rises in India total 8 omicron cases found in Delhi and Rajasthan. National capital Delhi and Rajasthan in Omicron Alert. Four new Omicron cases detected in Delhi taking the total number of cases to 6. Of the 6 cases, 1 patient has been discharged from the hospital. Currently, 35 Covid positive patients & 3 suspected cases admitted to LNJP hospital.
Four more cases have been reported, the health condition of these patients is stable. All previous Omicron cases in the State have tested COVID negative now: Rajasthan Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena said on Omicron cases.
Delhi’s first patient of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a 37-year-old man, has been discharged from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital, officials said on Tuesday. The man, a resident of Ranchi, had travelled from Tanzania to Doha and from there, to Delhi on a Qatar Airways flight on December 2.
He stayed in Johannesburg in South Africa for a week and had mild symptoms. The LNJP hospital has been designated for treating patients infected with the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. A 35-year-old man with travel history to Zimbabwe and South Africa has also tested positive for Omicron, becoming the second patient in the national capital to get infected with the new variant of the coronavirus.
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With new cases of Covid’s Omicron variant being reported in Delhi and Rajasthan, the total count of cases of the new strain in the country has climbed to 49. Yesterday, Maharashtra also reported two new cases of Omicron variant, with both the patients having Dubai travel history.
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Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be “highly transmissible”, has now been reported in six states- Maharashtra (20), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Gujarat (4), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and two union territories- Delhi (6) and Chandigarh (1). The government has warned against laxity in following Covid-related protocols, urging people to not delay vaccination.
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