Maharashtra reports six more Omicron cases; state tally now 54

Six persons tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Maharashtra raising the states tally of such cases to 54 the health department saidWhile two of these patients had a history of travel to Tanzania two others had returned from England and one from the Middle East All five of them are fully vaccinated and two of these patients are women Another new patient is a fiveyearold boy from Junnar in Pune district it said in a statementTotal six cases were diagnosed today four of them found during the airport screening in Mumbai One of these four patients is from Mumbai two from Karnataka and one from Aurangabad While two had a history of travel to Tanzania two others had travelled to England it said All four are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic They are currently in isolation at the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai Two of them are women The patients are in the age group of 21 to 57 years it saidA fiveyearold boy who is a close contact of Dubai travellers from Junnar in Pune district has been diagnosed with the Omicron variant The patient is asymptomatic the department said in the statement In Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune city a 46yearold man with travel history to the Middle East has been found infected with this strain The patient has mild symptoms and is currently admitted to a private hospital He is fully vaccinated it saidOut of 54 cases 22 have been found in Mumbai which include cases through screening at the international airport Of these 22 patients two hail from Karnataka one each from Chhattisgarh Kerala and Maharashtras Jalgaon and Aurangabad districts 11 cases are in Pimpri Chinchwad seven in Pune rural three each in Pune city and Satara two each in Kalyan Dombivli Thane district and Osmanabad one each in Buldhana Nagpur Latur VasaiVirarAlso Read Netherlands to go into lockdown due to fifth wave with OmicronSince December 1 a total of 128518 travellers have arrived at the international airports in Mumbai Pune and Nagpur Of these 18726 are from at risk countries Sixtyfour coronavirus patients are from at risk countries and 19 from other countries Their samples have been sent for genome sequencingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever