Omicron surge: Seven new cases detected in Maharashtra taking tally to eight

The total number of Omicron cases reached eight, the state public health department said on Sunday.

New Delhi: Seven more people tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra. With this, the total number of Omicron cases reached eight, the state public health department said on Sunday (December 5).

The infected patients include a woman who came from Nigeria along with her two daughters to meet her brother in the Pimpri Chinchwad area, said an official. Her brother and his two daughters have also tested positive for the variant, he added.

In a separate case, a man from Pune who recently returned from Finland also tested positive for Omicron.