After Maharashtra’s first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected yesterday, seven more cases of the new variant of concern have been reported from the state. Among the seven cases, six patients have been detected with Omicron in Pimpri, while one case comes from Pune. The total Omicron variant tally in Maharashtra stands at 8 now.
The news of the seven new Omicron cases comes a day after a 33-year-old COVID-19 positive South Africa returnee who reached Mumbai via Dubai was detected with the new Omicron variant. The person is a resident of Kalyan-Dombivli.
A 44-year-old Indian-origin woman who is a citizen of Nigeria visited her brother in Pimpri Chinchwad along with her 12 and 18-year-old daughters. She arrived from Nigeria’s Lagos on November 24 to the city adjacent to Pune. The woman and her two daughters were found to be infected with the Omicron variant in genome sequencing.
The woman’s 45-year-old brother and his two daughters, aged 1.5 and 7 years, were also found positive for Omicron variant. Three out of the six are less than 18 years of age and are likely not vaccinated.
Out of the six, only the woman returning from Nigeria has “mild” symptoms while the other 5 are asymptomatic. All six are being treated at the Jijamata Hospital in Pimpri and their conditions are said to be stable.
Meanwhile, the seventh case comes from Pune where a 47-year-old who went to Finland between November 18 tested positive after developing slight temperature on November 29. The person had been fully vaccinated with Covishield. Currently, the individual is said to be stable and displaying no symptoms.
Till Sunday morning, 4901 travellers have returned to Mumbai from high risk counties while 23,320 travellers have come back from other countries. Out of the passengers from the high-risk lot, 5444 had been tested for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR test and nine had returned a positive report. The genome sequencing report for all 9 is awaited.
