BENGALURU: Karnataka on Saturday reported seven more cases of Omicron, taking the total number of patients with the new variant to 38.
While four of them had international travel history, two arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi and another was a contact of a UK-returned person.
Among the new patients is a 15-year-old, who tested positive on arrival from the US on December 20. The person’s gender was not disclosed. All the seven cases were from Bengaluru. Of the seven, six were fully vaccinated, except for the teenager.
Two Delhi returnees among those positive
The newly infected included two men, aged 76 and 62, who had returned from Delhi. The 76-year-old, who had tested positive in Delhi on December 6 and was in home isolation, arrived in Bengaluru on December 3 and further developed symptoms of Covid. The 62-year-old came to Bengaluru on December 20 and is being treated in a private hospital. One of these primary contacts has tested positive.
A 63-year-old man who had travelled from Zambia, a 21-year-old man who returned from the UK, and a 30-year-old woman who had travel history to the UAE are the others with international travel history.
A 54-year-old man, who was a primary contact of a UK-returned person has also been found to be infected with Omicron.
Health minister K Sudhakar said that all the primary and secondary contacts of the persons have been tracked, traced and tested.
