Eight more test positive for Omicron in the state

A BMC health worker tests a passenger at Dadar station on Tuesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Eight more people tested positive for the Omicron variant in the state taking the total to 28 cases on Tuesday. As per the state health department bulletin, all the eight patients are from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), and seven of them are from Mumbai and one from Vasai-Virar. Mumbai's Omicron variant positive cases now stand at 12, said the report. "All the eight patients are in the age group 24-41 years. Their samples were taken in the first week of December. Three of them are women," said a state health official.

While three of these patients are asymptomatic, others had mild symptoms. As per the state health report, all these cases did not have international travel history. "While one of them had travelled to Bangalore, the other had to Delhi. Out of the 7 patients in Mumbai, one is in hospital and 6 are at home in isolation. Their close contacts are being tracked," said the state health official. Of the eight, 7 have been vaccinated and one has not been vaccinated. The six patients in home isolation were working with a person who had tested positive for Omicron and had international travel history.

Through airport and field surveillance, 430 samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. Results of 21 are awaited so far. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the daily Covid-19 cases in Mumbai stayed below the 200 mark as 174 cases were registered along with one death. The TPR was 0.71 per cent. The deceased had comorbidities and was above the age of 60. The doubling rate improved and was 2,563 days on Tuesday.

The state saw a significant rise in new cases and in Covid-19 fatalities. As per the state health department report, 684 cases were reported along with 24 deaths. Currently the state has 6,481 active cases. The MMR saw a marginal rise in new cases. As per the state report, 314 cases were reported in the MMR including cases from Mumbai.

66,45,136
Total No. of cases in Maharashtra

314
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

1
No. of deaths in city on Tuesday (The deceased had comorbidities and was above the age of 60 )

206
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

97,86,662
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

74,07,422
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

16,265
(No. of people who took first dose on Tuesday)

44,105
(No. of people who took second dose on Tuesday)