Omicron cases goes upto 21 in India

Dec. 6: In a disturbing development, the total number of positive cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in India has reached 21 with nine new cases detected in Rajasthan and seven more in Maharashtra on Sunday. Most of those who have tested positive for the new coronavirus variant had either recently arrived from Africa or were in contact with such people. In Delhi, a 37-year-old man who arrived from Tanzania became the first person to test positive for the new Covid-19 variant in the national capital.

The country had reported the first two cases of Omicron on Thursday in Karnataka — a 66-year-old South African flyer and a 46-year-old Bengaluru doctor with no travel history. On Saturday, a 72-year-old NRI man from Gujarat and a 33-year-old man from Maharashtra had also tested positive for the new strain.