Maha’s 18th Omicron, Which Was Detected In Nagpur Is An Ex-covid Infectionee (lead).

Officials said that the test brought up the total number of 18 state-owned Omicrons.
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Radhkrishnan, Nagpur Municipal Corporation Commissioner, stated that although the patient arrived from South Africa on December 4, he has been experiencing mild symptoms and is now stable.He is currently undergoing treatment at the AIIMS.

Late this evening, the state Health Department stated that the patient was earlier diagnosed in April with Covid-19, however, his symptoms were not severe enough to warrant hospitalization.He has also not received vaccines.

His family has not tested positive, but they were kept in isolation as a precaution.The NMC health authorities already have traced the 30 contacts of his who also test negative.

According to the NMC chief, the patient had also suffered from heart disease.The genomic sequencing of the samples proved that he was indeed afflicted with Omicron.

This means that the eastern portion of the state now has its first Omicron case.The remaining Omicron cases are in Mumbai (five), Pune (11), Thane (1), and the total state count is 18 for the 8-day period.

Three cities with international airports were all among those most affected by the Covid-19 wave.The state health authorities monitor all passengers arriving from high-risk countries.