Karnataka Reports 5 New Cases Of Omicron Variant, State Tally Reaches 19

TPI Staff December 20, 2021

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Mumbai: Karnataka confirmed five fresh cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Sunday, according to state Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar. The cases have been reported from Dharwad, Bhadravathi, Udupi and Mangaluru. With this, Karnataka’s Omicron tally now stands at 19.

The development comes a day after six cases of the Omicron variant were reported in the state. Five of these cases were from two COVID-19 clusters in educational institutions in Bantwal and Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district.

According to officials, all the patients are between 13 and 18 years of age and have no symptoms. He said that none of them has any history of international travel. All the patients have been isolated and have recovered.

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The sixth case of Omicron infection was reported in an 18-year-old woman who had arrived at the Bengaluru airport from the UK on December 10, where she tested positive for coronavirus. Her samples were sent for genome sequencing, where the Omicron variant was detected on Saturday, 18 December. She is currently in isolation at the designated hospital in Bengaluru, and 19 of his primary and secondary contacts have tested negative for the virus.

India’s Omicron count now stands at 158. According to Union and state officials, Omicron cases have been detected in 11 states and union territories – Maharashtra (54), Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17) and Karnataka (19), Telangana (20), Gujarat (11), Kerala (11), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1).