India records the first ‘Omicron death, read more
According to the Public Health Department India, a 52-year-old man infected with COVID-19 Omicron. Died of a heart attack on Tuesday at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital Pune.
According to the health department India, the patient has a travel history to Nigeria and has had diabetes for the past 13 years.
The state health authorities chose not to call it “Omicron death.”
“This patient died for reasons other than COVID-19. However, he was infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19; according to a report released today by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), “Maharashtra’s Public Health Department issued a health bulletin.
On Thursday, 198 new cases were report in Maharashtra on COVID-19’s Omicron variant. As a result, in Maharashtra, the total number of Omicron cases has risen to 450. According to the bulletin, 30 of the 198 patients reported by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) are international travelers.
On Thursday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated that the Omicron Covid variant has gradually spread in the community.
He adds that people with no history of travel have also tested positive for Omicron.
So far, 46 percent of the 115 samples sequenced in Delhi have tested positive for it. “According to the most recent genome sequencing report, 46% of cases are of the Omicron variant. Which includes both international travelers and those who have come into contact with them,” Jain said at a press conference.
He went on to tell that there are 200 Covid patients in hospitals. With 102 from Delhi and the remaining 98 from elsewhere.
115 of the 200 patients in hospitals were flown in from the airport. Regarding infection prevention measures. Minister Jain stated that Delhi is the first to have taken initiatives to halt the spread of the infection. The first stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been implement in the city.
