National capital has 10 patients hit by new variant; Guj adds one new case
A beneficiary receives a vaccine dose in Patna on Wednesday. Pic/PTI
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that 10 cases, including four fresh infections, of Omicron have been detected in the capital so far and 40 people are admitted to the special facility at Lok Nayak Hospital meant for isolating and treating suspected cases of the new Covid variant. Of the 40 people, 38 are Covid-19 positive.
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“A total of 10 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Delhi so far. One of them has been discharged,” Jain told reporters. The minister said many international travellers are turning out Covid positive upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. “Eight such people were admitted to the hospital today [Thursday],” he said.
The national capital on Thursday reported 85 Covid-19 cases—highest since July 31, according to the government’s health bulletin. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla reviewed the Covid-19 situation in the country amid reports of about 70 cases of Omicron.
Gujarat count at five
A 41-year-old woman health worker was found infected with Omicron at a village in Vijapur tehsil of Gujarat’s Mehsana district on Thursday, officials said. This is the fifth Omicron case in Gujarat.
“The woman serves as an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA). She does not have any history of foreign travel, but she recently came in contact with her relatives who had arrived from Zimbabwe, one of the ‘at risk’ countries,” Chief District Health Officer Dr Vishnubhai Patel said. She is currently undergoing treatment in an isolation ward created in a government hospital at Vadnagar town of Mehsana and her condition is stable, he said.
“The woman recently lost her husband to cancer. To attend the condolence meet, her husband’s elder brother and his wife came from Zimbabwe last month. Both of them tested negative for Covid-19 in all the three tests conducted on them,” Patel added.
3,47,18,602
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far
4,76,478
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far
87,245
Total no. of active cases in India
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