Ten new
positive cases of Omicron have been recorded in the Capital of the country,
taking the total to 20. Delhi's first Omicron positive case was reported on
December 5.
Maharashtra
with 32 omicron variant cases, is the state with the highest number of Covid
cases. Karnataka reported 5 new cases on Thursday, while Telangana reported
four cases and Gujarat a single case of this highly spread variant.
The cases in Delhi were confirmed by the Health
Minister Satyendar Jain. He also said that 10 of them have been discharged.
India has
been recording cases consecutively for the past four days. The fast-spreading
variant has affected 11 states and Union territories so far.
The center
told the states to regulate the testing and genome sequencing. Many international
travelers were tested covid positive during the testing. India reported 7,440
new covid cases and 391 deaths in the past 24 hours.
The government
appealed the unvaccinated people to get their vaccination doses as soon as
possible.
The fast-spreading variant has affected UK the most with a total of 11,708 cases of
Omicron. Denmark is on second in the list with a total of 9,009 cases. The researchers
are still doing researches to know about this fast-spreading variant. The
mutations of the variant made it more complex to understand.
Government
has already given guidelines over to the states to control the spread. Instant testing
is being performed on international airports. The positive reported travelers
have been quarantined as per the guidelines.