4 Fresh Omicron Cases Detected In Kerala, State’s Tally Reaches 15

Mumbai: Kerala on Monday reported four more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the state’s Health Ministry. The overall tally of such infections in Kerala has now increased to 15.

Two cases of the new type were found in patients aged 41 and 67. They are the mother and grandmother of a 17-year-old patient in Thiruvananthapuram, who had come from the UK on December 9 along with her father, mother and sister. Also Read: 2 More Persons Infected With Omicron Variant In Delhi, Tally Rises To 24

His grandmother was on the contact list.

Two other cases of the Omicron variant were detected from Thiruvananthapuram – a 32-year-old man who had arrived from Nigeria on December 17 and a 27-year-old woman who was on the contact list of flight passengers. She had come from the UK on 12 December. Also Read: Karnataka Reports 5 New Cases Of Omicron Variant, State Tally Reaches 19

The new variant was confirmed in a test conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology here.

The state had detected its first Omicron case on December 12 in Ernakulam district when a person who had returned from the UK tested positive.

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