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Seven new cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the state of Maharashtra.
The count of Omicron cases in Maharashtra has increased to 17. Three Mumbai patients aged 48, 25, and 37 years have a history of travel to Tanzania, the UK, and South Africa respectively. With this, India’s total tally rises to 32.
One of them was a resident of the Dharavi area who recently returned from Tanzania was found to have contracted the new variant of COVID-19 on Friday, December 10.
According to the Times of India, the 49-year-old man, who is a ‘Maulavi’ (Muslim cleric), was asymptomatic and was isolated before he could mingle in the community, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official.
