New Delhi: A total of 12 new cases of the Omicron variant of Sars-Cov-2 were reported across India on Wednesday – four each in Maharashtra and Kerala, two in Telangana, and one each in Tamilnadu and West Bengal – as the national tally of the heavily mutated variant continued to swell.
The Omicron variant of ovid-19 has started spreading fast in India. A total of 73 cases of the new variant have been detected across 11 States.
Four more cases of Covid-19 variant Omicron have been confirmed in Kerala, state Health Minister Veena George said on Wednesday night. With this the total cases of the variant in Kerala has reached 5 and in India — 73.
With 32 confirmed Omicron cases, Maharashtra has the largest Omicron tally in the country. It is followed by Rajasthan with 17 cases of the new variant, Delhi with six such infections, Kerala with five, Gujarat with four, Karnataka three, Telangana two, and one each in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh and Tamilnadu.
Union Health Ministry is closely monitoring the situation and is working with the States to control the spread.