Omicron Scare: India Tally Rises To 40 As Maharashtra Reports 2 More Cases

Mumbai: The Omicron tally in India has touched 40 with two more cases — one from Latur and the other from Pune — being reported from Maharashtra.

While these two cases were detected on Monday, taking the state tally to 20, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Chandigarh reported their maiden case on Sunday when Maharashtra and Karanataka had also one case each to their total.

The cases of the newly discovered variant of the coronavirus have so far been detected in Maharashtra (20), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Gujarat (3), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and Union territories of Delhi (2) and Chandigarh (1).