HYDERABAD: While two passengers who had returned from non-risk countries over the last two days tested positive for the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Sunday, another case was detected among a contact of a positive patient. This is the second instance of a contact testing positive in the state.
With the three new cases, the total count of Omicron cases in the state so far has touched 44. Of the 44, 10 patients completely recovered and were discharged two days ago.
Although it is still too early to reach any clear understanding of the new variant, officials say that they are banking on the RT-PCR tests to see if patients test negative after 14 days. “Since all the 10 were asymptomatic, it is too early to say anything about the virus. However, there was no involvement of the lungs in any of the cases,” said a source from the state health department.
A total of 11,493 passengers have landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, including 248 who landed on Sunday. Two passengers tested positive in the RT-PCR test done at the airport and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing.
Meanwhile, Telangana saw 109 new cases of Covid-19 cases and one death. A total of 3,167 reports are still awaited. The number of active cases in the state stood at 3,417. A total of 190 patients were declared recovered on Saturday.
The GHMC (GHMC) recorded 69 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded seven cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 10 and Sanga Reddy recorded one new case. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Hanamkonda in Warangal with seven new cases recorded the highest number of cases outside of GHMC limits.
With the three new cases, the total count of Omicron cases in the state so far has touched 44. Of the 44, 10 patients completely recovered and were discharged two days ago.
Although it is still too early to reach any clear understanding of the new variant, officials say that they are banking on the RT-PCR tests to see if patients test negative after 14 days. “Since all the 10 were asymptomatic, it is too early to say anything about the virus. However, there was no involvement of the lungs in any of the cases,” said a source from the state health department.
A total of 11,493 passengers have landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, including 248 who landed on Sunday. Two passengers tested positive in the RT-PCR test done at the airport and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing.
Meanwhile, Telangana saw 109 new cases of Covid-19 cases and one death. A total of 3,167 reports are still awaited. The number of active cases in the state stood at 3,417. A total of 190 patients were declared recovered on Saturday.
The GHMC (GHMC) recorded 69 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded seven cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 10 and Sanga Reddy recorded one new case. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Hanamkonda in Warangal with seven new cases recorded the highest number of cases outside of GHMC limits.
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