In an alarming development, Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded an all-time of 85 cases of Omicron, taking the total number of new Covid-19 variant cases to 252.
Of the 85 Omicron cases recorded, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 34 cases, while Nagpur and Pimpri-Chinchwad recorded three cases. The break-up of cases in other parts of the staten is as follows: Navi Mumbai and Pune Municipal Corporation (PPMC) –two each, Panvel, Kolhapur and Buldhana – one case each
Of the 85 cases of Omicron variant infections reported on Wednesday, 47 patients have been reported by the National Institute of Virology (NIV, while 38 have been reported by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER).
Of the 47 patients reported by NIV, 43 are international travellers and 4 are close contacts. Of the 38 cases reported by IISER are from community surveillance. The district-wise details are as follows: Mumbai-19, Kalyan Dombivli-5, Navi Mumbai and Pimpri-Chinchwad-3 each, Pune rural, Bhjiwandi-Nizampur, Panvel and Thane Municipal Corporation –1 each.
The following is the break-up of a total 252 Omicron cases recorded in the state so far, Mumbai: 137, Pimpri-Chinchwad: 25, Pune rural --18, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)—11, Thane MC-8, Navi Mumbai, Panvel and Kalyan Dombivli—7 each, Satara, Osmanabad – 5 each, Vasai-Virar-3, Auirangbad, Nanded, Buldhana, Bhiwandi-Nizampur—2 each and Latur, Ahmednagar, Akola, Mira-Bhayandar and Kolahpur—1 each.
Of the total cases, 99 patients have been discharged after a negative RT–PCR test.
Of the 26 cases reported on Monday, four are aged below 18 years, while two are above 60 years. Of the infected persons, 14 are male, while 12 are female
Of the infected, all except two patients have a history of international travel, while the remaining two persons are high-risk contacts of an international traveller.