As many as 14 swab samples, out of total 87 samples, sent to Bhubaneswar for Genome Sequencing has been detected to be of Omicron variant of Covid-19, informed Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Arun Kumar Singh on Saturday. As per the information out of the 87 samples 14 were found to be of Omicron, one was Delta variant and 32 others were found to be Variants of Concern (VOC). The samples were sent to ILS laboratory in Bhubaneswar since the State is yet to get a Genome Sequencing Machine.This the first official confirmation of Omicron variant present among Covid patients in the State, as there is still no mechanism to ascertain the kind of Covid-19 variant in Jharkhand.