27% samples since Nov positive for Omicron

Tribune News Service

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Chandigarh, January 17

As many as 27.3 per cent samples have tested positive for Omicron in Haryana. Out of 761 samples sent for testing from November 25 to January 16, Omicron was confirmed in 208 cases in the state.

The testing included 150 random samples wherein 41 were confirmed Omicron cases and 372 cluster samples of which 62 tested positive for the new variant.

Also, 90 samples out of 207 collected from international travellers turned out to be Omicron cases. Fifteen out of 32 among the positive were contacts of infected international travellers.

“Delta is still the dominant variant in our samples,” said Dr Veena Singh, Director General, Health Services.

“Gradually, the percentage of Omicron cases is rising. Soon, it will be the dominant variant,” said Dr Dhruv Chaudhary, state nodal officer for Covid and Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak.

Meanwhile, the state recorded 52,747 weekly cases, from January 19 to 16, which is a rise of 174 per cent from the previous week when 19,234 cases were registered.

However, 32 deaths were reported during January 10 to 16 against eight during January 3 to 9. As per the weekly Covid report, among districts, Gurugram has recorded the highest number of cases at 21,365 during January 9 to 16 with a weekly growth rate of 128 per cent while Faridabad posted 8,496 cases with a weekly growth rate of 210 per cent.

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