With no travel history, 8 more patients from Maharashtra get infected from omicron

Eight more patients have been found infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Maharashtra. Out of these new cases reported today, seven are from Mumbai and one patient is from Vasai Virar.

However, none of the patients have a history of international travel as per preliminary info, the state health department has said.

Out of these 8 patients, one had gone to Bangalore and the other to Delhi. All these patients are aged between 24 and 41. Of these, 3 patients are asymptomatic and the other 5 have mild symptoms.

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Before today, Maharashtra's Nagpur city had reported two Omicron cases on Monday. Both the patients, including a woman, detected in Maharashtra are asymptomatic and were fully vaccinated. Both had travel histories from Dubai. With 8 new cases reported today, Maharashtra's overall Omicron case tally has reached 28.

(With inputs from PTI)