Four fresh cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 found in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur city on Tuesday, an official informed. Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singhdeo is among the four fresh patients who have been confirmed with Omicron variant.
Three men and a woman, all adults, have been diagnosed with Omicron variant, Director of Chhattisgarh Epidemic Control Dr Subhash Mishra informed. With four fresh cases in capital Raipur, the total number of Omicron have reached five in the state as an adult of Bilaspur was reported earlier infected with the variant.
Mishra informed that two of them, including a woman, had returned from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while two others had no travel history.
Their swab samples were sent to the Institute of Life Sciences in Bhubaneshwar in Odisha 15 to 20 days ago for genome sequencing after they tested positive for the Coronavirus infection, Mishra said.
Right now, they all are healthy and they have completed their home isolation, he added.
Raipur district reported 1,454 new infections, taking the caseload to 1,65,781, including 3,152 deaths and 7,266 active cases on Tuesday.
Singhdeo has urged people to stay indoors and don’t get panicked despite the cases are rising alarmingly in the state mainly in Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh and Janjgir-Champa districts.