Woman infected with Omicron variant dies in Odisha

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A 45-year-old woman, who had tested positive for the Omicron variant, died in Odisha’s Balangir district — State’s first death of the infection.

The woman had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 22. Before her genome sequencing result was known, she died in Burla.

A senior official said, “The woman’s death is being audited as she visited two major hospitals. As per the existing guidelines, if a person who tests positive dies within 30 days of detection of coronavirus, he or she will be declared dying of COVID-19.”