India’s Omicron Tally Reaches 145 as 2 UK Returnees Test Positive for New Variant in Gujarat
As of now, omicron cases have been detected in 11 states and union territories.
India’s Omicron Covid tally rose to 145 on Sunday after a 45-year-old NRI and a teenage boy, who recently arrived in Gujarat from the United Kingdom, tested positive for the variant. In Gujarat, the non-resident Indian tested positive for the coronavirus infection in the RT-PCR test carried out at the Ahmedabad international airport soon after he arrived from the UK on December 15, a health department official said on Sunday.
“The man’s sample was later found infected with the Omicron variant,” Anand district health officer Dr M T Chhari said. He was scheduled to reach the state’s Anand city from Ahmedabad. “But, after he tested positive for the coronavirus, he was taken to the Ahmedabad civil hospital from the airport.
The patient is currently recovering at the Ahmedabad civil hospital,” Dr Chhari said. His co-passengers and other contacts have tested negative for the viral infection, the official said. A 15-year-old boy from Gandhinagar was also detected with the Omicron variant after returning from the UK, Gandhinagar Municipal Commissioner Dhaval Patel said.
So far, omicron cases have been detected in 11 states and union territories with Maharashtra accounting for 48 cases, Delhi for 22, Rajasthan for 17, and Karnataka for 14, etc.