New Delhi: Six fresh cases of Omicron have taken the national capital's infection tally of the new COVID-19 variant to 28, the Delhi Health Department informed on Monday (December 20, 2021).
Four people of the six people, found to be infected with the variant, are admitted to Max Hospital in Saket, news agency ANI reported.
The development comes ahead of a virtual meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to review the coronavirus and the vaccination drive situation in the capital.
Apart from the designated DDMA members, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendar Jain, NITI Aayog`s Member, Health, Dr VK Paul, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General, Prof Balram Bhargava and AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria are likely to attend the meeting.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that given the rise in cases for some days, now all positive cases in Delhi will be sent for genome sequencing for Omicron.
He also urged the Centre to allow booster doses.
Addressing an important Press Conference | LIVE https://t.co/Q7BwpAZOmq
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 20, 2021
Delhi, notably, also recorded 107 fresh cases of coronavirus on Sunday, the highest in the past six months. It also witnessed one person succumbing to the virus.
The fatality, reported after a 10-day break, took the death toll to 25,101, while the total number of infections has now climbed to 14,42,197.
Delhi Health Bulletin - 19th December 2021 #delhiFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/MyXRBRN7jQ
— CMO Delhi (@CMODelhi) December 19, 2021
Earlier in the day, Karnataka health minister Dr Sudhakar K also informed that the state has reported five more cases of the Omicron variant. While two cases of the new COVID-19 variant were reported in Udupi, three other infections were recorded in Mangaluru, Dharwad and Bhadravathi.
Five cases of Omicron have been confirmed on Dec 19th:
Dharwad: 54 yr male
Bhadravathi: 20 yr female
Udupi: 82 yr male and 73 yr female
Mangaluru: 19 yr female#Omicronindia #Covid_19 @BSBommai— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) December 20, 2021
With this, Karnataka's tally of Omicron cases has now increased to 19.
