Amid speculation over which variant is raging in Mumbai currently, it is now clear that Omicron has taken over the Delta variant, as per the reports of the latest genome sequencing batch. Of the 280 samples which were studied, the genome sequencing lab in Mumbai found that 89 per cent of samples were infected with Omicron. In the previous batch of samples sent for genome sequencing, around 55 per cent was Omicron.

According to BMC’s Public Health Department, 373 samples were tested at the Kasturba lab, of which 280 were from Mumbai. Of these 280 samples, 248 or 89 per cent samples were found to be infected with Omicron while 21 or 8 per cent were of Delta derivatives and the remaining 11 or 3 per cent were other subtypes. Of these 11 samples, two were sub-type Delta variants.