Mumbai. There has been a stir in many countries including India regarding the new variant of Coronavirus, Omicron. This dangerous virus is spreading its feet in many states of the country. Meanwhile, two more new cases have been reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours. Out of which one patient has been found in Latur and one patient in Pune. It includes one man and one woman. Both of them have taken both doses of corona vaccine.
Both new patients returned from Dubai
According to the Health Department of Maharashtra, both the patients found in Latur and Pune have returned from Dubai. In which a 33-year-old male and a 39-year-old female are included. Both are asymptomatic. Both of them have been isolated. However, the good thing is that the corona report of three people who came in contact with him has come negative.
It is noteworthy that the total number of infected in the state has gone up to 20. Out of this, maximum 10 cases have been reported in Pimpri Chinchwad. While 5 cases have been found in Mumbai, 2 in Pune city and one each in Kalyan Dombivli, Nagpur, Latur.
Maharashtra Health Department: Two new Omicron cases reported- 1 from Latur, 1 from Pune, as per a report released today by the National Institute of Virology; total 20 Omicron cases in the State pic.twitter.com/hdnV6eiCna
– ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2021
40 Omicrons infected in the country
If we talk about the country, Omicron has so far taken entry in a total of 8 states. At the same time, the number of infected has increased to 40. Out of which maximum 20 cases have been found in Maharashtra. Apart from this, Rajasthan has 9, Gujarat 3, Karnataka 3, capital Delhi 2, Andhra Pradesh 1, Chandigarh 1 and Kerala 1 Omicron case. The government is emphasizing on contact tracing. Travelers coming from other countries including at-risk countries are being monitored.
569 new cases in Maharashtra
According to the State Health Department, 569 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours, while 5 patients died. After which the total number of infected in the state has increased to 66,44,452 and the number of dead has increased to 1,41,264.
At the same time, in the last 24 hours in the state, 498 people have returned home after getting corona free. So far 64,93,002 people have been cured of corona in the state. At present, 6,507 active patients are being treated in the state. The recovery rate was 97.72 and the death rate was 2.12 percent in the state today. During this, 74,190 people are in home quarantine and 887 in institutional quarantine in the state.
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Significantly, on Sunday, 709 cases of corona were reported in the state and 05 infected people died. However, the good thing is that 699 people have returned home after recovering from this dangerous disease.
Mumbai found 174 new cases, 2 died
In the last 24 hours, 174 new cases have been reported in Mumbai, while two patients have died. Apart from this, 195 people have returned home after recovering from Corona. Here today the recovery rate was recorded at 97%.
After the arrival of new cases in the city, the total number of infected has increased to 7,65,471, while 16,359 people have died. At the same time 7,44,784 people have been cured. At present, there are 1,771 active cases in the city and all are undergoing treatment.
Corona test of 31,415 people was done in Mumbai today. So far 129,17,132 samples have been tested here.