Mumbai / Thiruvananthapuram / Hyderabad / Kolkata / Chennai: A total of 12 new cases of Omicron variant SARS-Cov-2 were reported across India on Wednesday-Maharashtra and Kerala There are 4 cases each in Labang, 2 cases in Telangana, 1 case each in Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal—the national statistics continue to expand with severe mutations.

Officials said the new infections discovered in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal on Wednesday were the first Omicron cases in these states.

All 12 cases detected in the country on Wednesday were close contacts of international travelers or foreign returnees, which means that currently there does not appear to be any community transmission that causes Covid-19.

According to data compiled by the states, after Wednesday’s cases, the national total is now 73. Maharashtra has 32 confirmed cases of Omicron and has the largest case of Omicron in the country. This is followed by Rajasthan with 17 new variant infections, Delhi with 6 such infections, Kerala with 5, Gujarat with 4, Karnataka with 3, and Telangana with 2 For example, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu each have 1 case. Officials said the new Omicron case discovered on Tuesday was a 7-year-old boy who landed in Hyderabad from Abu Dhabi on December 12, but then took a connecting flight to West Bengal. He traveled from Kolkata Airport to Malda’s relative’s home. Health officials in West Bengal state that the child’s parents have been quarantined and are trying to trace people who have had contact with him.

State officials say that in Maharashtra, genome sequencing has found four new cases of Omicron-one female and three males-all of whom are asymptomatic. According to preliminary information, one patient had traveled to Sharjah and the other patient was his high-risk contact. It said that the third patient had traveled to Dubai, while the fourth patient had recently been to Ireland. Maharashtra State Health Minister Dr. Pradeep Vyas (Pradeep Vyas) said in a speech at the state cabinet on Wednesday that Omicron is spreading rapidly around the world. By January, Maharashtra State The number of cases may surge.

State Health Bureau Director G Srinivasa Rao said that in Telangana, two international travelers — a 24-year-old woman from Kenya and a 23-year-old man from Somalia — After arriving in Hyderabad, he tested positive on December 12. “Their samples were sent to the laboratory for genome sequencing…Both of them were found to be positive for the Omicron variant,” the health director said. He added that both of them had mild symptoms.

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