PUNE: The state recorded 20 more cases of Omicron, including six from Pune district, on Friday, taking its infection tally to 108 so far, of which 54 have been discharged after they came negative for the infection on RT-PCR test.
The district’s tally of confirmed Covid-19 patients found infected with the Omicron variant has reached 41. As many as 23 people were found infected with the new variant in state on Thursday.
The public health department report stated that of the 20 new cases, 11 were from Mumbai, followed by five from the Pune Cantonment Board limits. Two cases were Satara, while one case each has been reported from the Pune civic limits and Ahmednagar.
Of the new cases, 14 cases were reported by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), while six cases were reported by the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) Pune, the report stated.
The report added that 15 patients have an international travel history, while one has a history of domestic travel and four patients are their high-risk contacts. “The cases include a child under 18 years and six patients above the age of 60. All 20 patients are asymptomatic,” the report said.
It said barring the child, the 12 patients were completely vaccinated and seven were unvaccinated. “Through airport and field surveillance, 722 samples have been sent for genomic sequencing, of which results of around 157 samples are awaited,” it added.
