Delhi reports second case of Omicron variant, India's tally rises to 33

Delhi reported its second case of the Omicron variant on Saturday as a person who returned from Zimbabwe tested positive. The 37-year-old man who is fully vaccinated had also travelled to South Africa recently, the Delhi government stated. With this, the total number of Omicron cases in India rose to 33.

He is admitted at the LNJP Hospital and only has weakness, they added. The LNJP Hospital has been designated for treatment of patients infected with the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

On Sunday, a 37-year-old fully vaccinated man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania, became the first patient of Omicron in the national capital. The patient, a resident of Ranchi, had travelled from Tanzania to Doha and from there to Delhi on a Qatar Airways flight on December 2. He stayed in Johannesburg, South Africa, for a week. The person has mild symptoms.

On Friday, Maharashtra confirmed seven new cases of Omicron variant, including a three-year-old child.

With 7,992 people testing positive for the coronavirus in a day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,46,682,736, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday morning. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 131.99 crore.