Eight new cases of Omicron were reported on Friday in Maharashtra taking the total cases to 40 of the new Covid-19 variant.
As per the report given by National Institute of Virology, Pune, of the 8 new patients 6 are form Pune, one from Mumbai and one from Kalyan-Dombivli.
Till date, a total of 48 patients infected with Omicron virus have been reported in the state - Mumbai-14, Pimpri Chinchwad-10, Pune (rural)-6, Pune Municipal Corporation-2, Kalyan Dombivali-2, Osmanabad-2, Latur -1, Buldhana-1, Nagpur-1, and Vasai Virar-1.
Out of these, 25 cases have been discharged following a negative RT PCR test, according to the Public Health Department.
The new 8 patients are in the age group of 29-45 years.
While 7 patients are asymptomatic, 1 patient is having mild symptoms.
According to preliminary information, 4 patients from Pune have a history of travel to Dubai, 2 are their contacts.
One patient from Mumbai had travelled to the USA and the other patient from KDMC had travelled to Nigeria.
Out of these 8 patients, 2 are in hospital and 6 are at home isolation.o
The close contacts of these patients are being tracked.
All patients have been vaccinated.
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