New Delhi, Dec 12, 2021: The number of Omicron patients in India ticked up to 36 as three more cases were detected - one each in Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. For Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh, these were the first cases. In Karnataka, it was the third.
A 20-year-old who came from Italy to visit his relatives in Chandigarh, tested positive for Omicron. After landing on November 22, he was on home quarantine and tested positive for Covid on retesting on December 1. A genome sequencing confirmed Omicron.
In Andhra Pradesh, a man who returned from Ireland, tested positive for the Omicron strain, which has raised concerns of a fresh outbreak across the world. He is currently in Vishakhapatnam.
States including Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Gujarat have reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant. Maharashtra has seen the maximum number of cases.