State reports 23 Omicron cases, highest in one day

Bhubaneswar: In the biggest jump so far, Odisha on Sunday reported 23 Omicron cases out of 39 samples that were sent for genome sequencing, raising the total number of such cases in the state to 37. What must be more worrying for the state government is that daily Covid cases are also increasing, with 424 infected on Sunday, up from 298 the day before.
Out of the 23 Omicron cases, 10 have no recent history of foreign travel while 11 have returned from countries like Finland, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Syria and UK. Two are contacts of the person who has returned from Finland.
“Genome sequencing of 39 people who have tested Covid positive were carried out in the laboratory, out of which 23 were found infected with the Omicron variant, while the rest had Delta,” said Ajay Parida, director, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) which had carried out the genomic study.
At least eight districts reported Omicron cases in the state including Covid hotspot Khurda (4), Boudh (2), Keonjhar (7), Jagatsinghpur (1), Angul (2), Sambalpur (3), Balasore (1) and Puri (3). In Sambalpur, the three UK returnees have no symptoms at all, health officials said.
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