The health ministry analysed 183 of 358 omicron cases found in the country and found out that 87 of them were fully vaccinated with three having received booster doses, while 70% were asymptomatic.
Addressing a press briefing on the Covid-19 situation, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “There are 358 cases of Omicron in total and out of these, 114 have recovered.”
“Forty-four cases out of the 183 Omicron cases analysed had no foreign travel history, but the majority of them were contacts of foreign travellers. The travel history of the remaining 18 cases is not known,” Bhushan said.
He added that 61% of the Omicron cases analysed were male and 39% were females.
“About the vaccination status, 87 patients were fully vaccinated and out of these, three were also inoculated with the booster dose. Seven patients were unvaccinated and two were partially vaccinated and 16 were ineligible to take the jab. The vaccination status of 73 patients is unknown,” the Union health secretary added during Friday’s briefing.
Of the 358 cases of the variant in the country, Maharashtra has reported the highest number with 88 cases, followed by Delhi with 67 and Telangana with 38. The lowest number of cases has been reported at Chandigarh, Ladakh and Uttarakhand- all at one each.
