Three New Cases Of Omicron Reported In Maharashtra

Three new cases of Omicron were found in Maharashtra and six in Karnataka, Delhi government took a big step, all schools in Chandigarh will be closed.

The cases of Omicron, a new variant of Corona, are increasing in the country. In Maharashtra, a couple and their 13-year-old daughter have tested positive for Omicron.

At the same time, six new cases of Omicron have been reported in Karnataka.

In this way, the total cases of Omicron in the country have increased to 122. This variant of Corona has reached 12 states of the country including Uttar Pradesh.

In view of the threat of Omicron, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to close the schools in the city. The Delhi government has also taken steps regarding this variant.

14 cases of Omicron in Karnataka.

Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on Saturday that six new cases of Omicron have been reported in the state.

Of the six cases, five were reported from two educational institutions in the Dakshina Kannada district.

According to the report of the news agency, with this, the number of Omicron infected in Karnataka has increased to 14.

Three new cases of Omicron in Pune.

Pune authorities said on Saturday that an Uganda-returned couple and their 13-year-old daughter have tested positive for Omicron infection in Satara, western Maharashtra.

Another daughter of the couple, who is five years old, has also been found to be Covid-19 positive.

It is a matter of relief that Omicron has not been confirmed in this child. Officials said that the samples of all four were sent for genome test, whose report came on Saturday.

Delhi government made four private hospitals Omicron Center.

At the same time, amidst the emerging concerns over Omicron, the Delhi government on Saturday took a big step and converted four private hospitals into Omicron dedicated centers.

These four hospitals are Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Max (Saket), Fortis (Vasant Kunj), and Batra Hospital (Tughlakabad).

Now a total of five hospitals in Delhi including Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) will provide treatment facilities to the infected of Omicron.

It is known that a total of 22 cases of Omicron have been reported in Delhi.

New cases continue to decline.

New cases of corona infection continue to decline in the country. Active cases are also decreasing continuously. A drop of 1,850 has been recorded inactive cases during the last 24 hours.

Presently the active cases have come down to 84,565 which is 0.24 percent of the total cases.