Rajesh Tope said, “Today, a total of 10 Omicron variants infected patients have been found in Maharashtra. About 65 swabs have been sent for genome sequencing. Their report is also yet to come. We have three genome sequencing labs available. In the near future, we are going to start labs in Nagpur and Aurangabad also.
Rajesh Tope, Health Minister of Maharashtra
Simultaneous and 10 Omicron infected patients in one day in Maharashtra (Omicron in maharashtra) have been found. Health Minister Rajesh Tope (Rajesh Tope) has given this information. This news has increased the concern of not only Maharashtra but the country. In this way, the total number of Omicron infected patients in Maharashtra has suddenly increased from 10 to 20. In the country too, now the total number of patients infected with Omicron variants has increased from 23 to 43.
Experts have already told that the Omicron variant spreads five times faster than the Delta variant. This is being proved by the fact that 10 people were found infected with Omicron in a single day in Maharashtra. Not only this, in the last 15 hours, there has been a 45 percent increase in Omicron infection worldwide.
Reports of 65 more swabs are yet to come
Giving this latest information about Omicron infection in Maharashtra, Rajesh Tope said, “Today, a total of 10 Omicron variants infected patients have been found in Maharashtra. About 65 swabs have been sent for genome sequencing. His report is also yet to come. We have three genome sequencing labs. In the coming time, we are going to start labs in Nagpur and Aurangabad also.
From which areas of Maharashtra are the 10 new Omicron infected?
Let us inform that while giving this information, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope did not say that the ten Omicrons found infected are related to which areas of Maharashtra.
Total 10 #Omicron cases reported in Maharashtra today. About 65 swabs have been sent for genome sequencing, their reports awaited. We have 3 labs for genome sequencing, will expand further in Nagpur and Aurangabad…: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope pic.twitter.com/K5D45MbDNl
– ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2021
Maharashtra has the highest number of Omicron infection cases in the country.
Earlier, two Omicrons were found infected in Mumbai. An Omicron infected patient was found in Dombivali, adjacent to Mumbai. One in Pune and six Omicron infected patients have been found in Pimpri Chinchwad, adjacent to Pune. Now after the detection of ten more Omicron infected patients, only a little less than half of the cases in the country have been found in Maharashtra. According to the updates till now, the total number of patients in the country is 43, while in Maharashtra alone this number has reached 20. Rajasthan is at number two. Here in Jaipur, 9 people of the same family have come under the grip of this new variant of Corona.
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