New Delhi: Rajasthan on Saturday, reported 21 cases of the new strain Omicron, taking the tally in the state to 43. Of these, 11 are from Jaipur, six from Ajmer and three from Udaipur. One of the patients is from Maharashtra.
The presence of Omicron was confirmed came after samples of people reporting Covid-like symptoms were sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune, Rajasthan’s health department said on Saturday, Hindustan Times reported.
Among these infected, five had returned from foreign countries while three others had come in contact with foreign travellers.
India has so far recorded more than 400 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, out of which 115 have recovered or migrated, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Saturday.
