Maharashtra Reports Highest number of Omicron Cases

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading fast in India as well as the world. Maharashtra reports highest number of Omicron cases. On Monday, two fully vaccinated persons who returned from abroad last month have tested positive for the new Omicron strain of coronavirus in Maharashtra.

With this, India’s tally reached 23. Two fully vaccinated persons who returned from abroad last month have tested positive for the new Omicron strain of coronavirus in Mumbai, the first cases of the variant found in the metropolis, the civic body said on Monday, taking the number of such infections in Maharashtra to 10.

The new variant rapidly moved South Africa from a period of low transmission, averaging less than 200 new cases per day in mid-November, to more than 16,000 per day over the weekend. Before Mumbai, six people, including three Nigerian nationals, tested positive for the Omicron variant in Pimpri Chinchwad of Pune district.

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Another man who recently returned from Finland to Pune also tested positive for Omicron. Rajasthan, Karnataka and Gujarat are the other states where Omicron cases have been reported. Delhi too reported a case of the new variant of the coronavirus.

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India Omicron Covid tally jumps to 23

Maharashtra -10

Karnataka -2

Delhi-1

Gujarat-1

Rajasthan -9.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai on Monday said the government is closely monitoring the situation in the state and will take decisions on enforcing further containment measures after consulting the experts.

In the wake of two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus being detected in the state Karnataka Lockdown fear starts, and fresh COVID clusters emerging, the Karnataka government on Friday had announced certain preventive measures that included compulsory two-dose vaccination for entering malls, cinema halls, or theatres, and for parents of school or college going students.