10 new Omicron cases in Karnataka; 8 from Bengaluru

The tally of infections by the new variant of Covid-19 in the state is now 76

Karnataka Minister for Health K Sudhakar said Monday that the tally of Omicron cases in the state increased to 76 after 10 new cases were confirmed.

"10 new cases of Omicron have been confirmed in Karnataka on January 2nd taking the tally to 76. Bengaluru has reported 8 new cases of which 5 are international travellers. Two cases have been reported from Dharwad city in north Karnataka," he stated.

The authorities, however, are concerned about a 22-year-old Bengaluru man, who tested positive for Omicron. Officials said that his travel history and vaccination status are unknown, and that he has not been responding to phone calls. The case has been reported to the police.

He was tested at a private lab on December 28, 2021 and results came on January 2. Since his contacts are unknown, the health officials have also launched a hunt for him, according to the state health department statement.

Among the 76 patients, all three primary contacts of a 19-year-old man, who returned from the US, have tested positive for Covid-19. The patient is asymptomatic and is isolating in a hospital.

All primary and secondary contacts of a 46-year-old man who returned from Dubai have tested negative. A 49-year-old woman who travelled from Dubai is symptomatic and test results of her 18 primary contacts are awaited. A 13-year-old girl, who was the primary contact of an international traveller, has also tested positive for Omicron. She is currently asymptomatic and under hospital isolation.

A 42-year-old woman, a domestic traveller who came from Mumbai, has tested positive for Omicron. Her two primary contacts and 14 secondary contacts have tested negative.

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A 14-year-old school-going girl from Dharwad, who came in contact with a Covid-19 patient, has tested positive for the Omicron variant. Her samples were collected from the Railway School. Three of her primary contacts have also tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 395 secondary contacts have been tested and all of them have tested negative, officials said.

Four primary contacts of five who had come in contact with a 53-year-old woman from Dharwad, have tested positive for Covid-19. Her 395 secondary contacts have been tested negative for Covid-19.

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