India's Omicron tally reaches 422
New Delhi: India's Omicron case tally has touched 422, data released by the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, 130 people, who are infected by the new variant, have recovered.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and government spokesman Narottam Mishra said on Sunday that, of the eight Omicron cases detected in the state’s commercial capital Indore, six have been discharged after treatment.
“The remainder are asymptomatic. Samples had been dispatched to Delhi for analysis. During the past about one-and-a-half months; approximately 3,000 individuals returned to India from abroad via Indore. Of them 26 tested positive for the novel coronavirus and eight with that particular variant of concern. Contact tracing was completed for all 26. The state’s recovery rate remains 98.61 per cent,” he told journalists here.
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