Odisha on Thursday reported for the first time the death of a person infected by Omicron and the authorities have said it is yet to be ascertained whether she died due to the coronavirus variant.

The 45-year-old woman, a resident of Agalpur in Bolangir district who had tested positive for coronavirus, had died on December 27 last year in a Sambalpur hospital and her genome sequencing report was made available on Wednesday, Bolangir chief district medical officer (CDMO) Snehalata Sahoo said.