10 new Omicron cases in Delhi day after a sharpest rise in COVID cases in 4 months

New Delhi : 10 new Omicron variant cases have been found in Delhi a day after the national capital recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in four months with 85 fresh infections. Over 90 cases of Omicron variant have been found in India so far.

Delhi has reported 20 cases of the new variant since the first case was logged on December 5. 10 of these patients have been discharged from the hospital, said Health Minister Satyendar Jain.

Maharashtra, the state with the highest overall Covid cases, has so far recorded the most number of Omicron cases at 32. Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh are the other states that've registered patients affected by the new variant, said to be highly transmissible.

Meanwhile, the Centre has asked states to step up the surveillance and increase genome sequencing tests.

With 11,708 cases, the United Kindom tops the list of the countries affected by the new variant, followed by Denmark that has seen 9,009 patients. Norway has the third-highest number of cases (1,792) in this list followed by South Africa (1,134).