Sixteen contract Omicron’s BA.2 sub-strain in Indore

 

 

At least 16 people, including six children, the youngest a day-old, were found to have contracted the Omicron’s BA.2 sub-strain, commonly called the ‘Stealth Omicron’ in Indore.

This new sub-strain of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in over 40 countries and it can even escape the RT-PCR test, the health experts say. According to the World Health Organisation, the Omicron variant has three sub-strains, BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3. While the BA.1 sub-strain is dominant among the Omicron infections reported across the world, the BA.2 sub-strain is being said to spread quickly. Of 16 cases, at least four of them, including a child, have lung involvement ranging from 15 per cent to 40 per cent. Indore also reported 4 deaths and 2,665 fresh cases of coronavirus on Monday. A 36-year-old youth, who was suffering from asthama, died of corona in Khargone.

New COVID cases decline in State for 2nd consecutive day

Amid the outbreak of the third wave of corona, it is a matter of relief that the number of corona patients in the state witnessed a downward trend for the second consecutive day on Monday. According to a health bulletin released by the Health Department on Monday, 10,585 patients have been found in the testing of 80,967 samples on Sunday. Meanwhile, six patients also succumbed to the coronavirus infection. Of all fatalities, four were reported from Indore, one from Bhopal and one from Jabalpur. On the other hand, in the meantime, a worrying thing is that the number of patients admitted in hospitals has reached above 1,000. At present, 1,034 positive and 145 suspected patients are admitted to hospitals in the state. Along with this, the number of active patients has also reached close to seventy thousand. There are currently 69,893 patients in the State.

COVID-19- 3rd wave becomes fatal in MP as 26 patients die in

six days

The third wave of coronavirus has turned fatal in Madhya Pradesh. Six deaths have been reported (Contd on page 2)