The Health department confirmed on Monday that 29 more COVID-19 patients in the State had tested positive for the Omicron virus variant.
This takes the total Omicron tally in the State to 181. Of these, 42 patients have been discharged so far, while the rest 139 are being cared for in special care facilities in various districts.
Of the 181 cases of Omicron reported so far, 18 have been contact cases, 109 cases are persons who travelled into the State from “low-risk” nations and 52 were from “high-risk” nations
Of the 29 new cases reported on Monday, 10 were from Thiruvananthapuram, seven from Alappuzha, six each from Thrissur and Malappuram. Two of these are contact cases reported from Alappuzha.
