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Two more Omicron cases detected in Delhi, total tally now 24: Report

Out of these 24 patients, 12 have been discharged

A man helps his son wear a mask at a testing centre for Covid-19 in a bus station in Bengaluru. Karnataka is increasing tests at bus and railway stations for new Covid-19 variant Omicron. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)
PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak
Press Trust of India New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : Dec 20 2021 | 1:43 PM IST

Two more cases of Omicron variant of Covid have been detected in Delhi, taking the total number of people testing positive for the latest variant of the coronavirus here to 24, sources said on Monday.

Out of these 24 patients, 12 have been discharged, they said.

"Two more cases of Omicron have been detected in Delhi. Their samples sent for genome sequencing earlier have come out positive. One has come from UK, while the other from Ghana, aged 47 and 22 respectively," a source said.

Most of the patients admitted are asymptomatic, the source said.

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First Published: Dec 20 2021 | 1:43 PM IST

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