Results of genome sequencing of the latest batch of 190 samples showed that 94.74 per cent of patients were infected with the Omicron variant, up from 89 per cent in the previous cycle. Further, 23 of the 190 patients succumbed to the injection and 21 of them were infected with Omicron.

A total of 282 samples of Covid-infected patients were tested at Kasturba Hospital and National Institute of Virology at Pune. Of these, 190 patients are citizens of Mumbai. Of these patients, 180 patients were infected with Omicron, three with Delta, one with Delta derivative and six patients were infected with other variants. Further, 13 of the samples were from children aged below 18 years and 11 of them were infected with Omicron. All the patients were symptomatic.