Lagatar24 Desk
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26: Odisha reported four new cases of Omicron on Sunday, taking the total number of Omicron cases to eight in the state.
As per latest report, four foreign returnees have tested Omicron positive following genome sequencing conducted by Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar.
“While two of the infected persons returned from Nigeria, the other one had recently travelled to the UAE and another one from Saudi Arabia,” informed the Director, Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra.
Odisha | Four new #Omicron cases reported in the state, 4 foreign returnees (2 from Nigeria, 1 from UAE & 1 from Saudi Arabia) have tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID19. The total number of Omicron cases stand at eight: Director Public Health Niranjan Mishra
— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2021
“All are asymptomatic to mild symptom cases and their health condition is stable. All persons, who are returning from ‘at-risk’ or any other country, are being kept under isolation and undergoing RT-PCR tests” he added.
In the last 24 hours, Odisha reported 112 new Covid-19 cases and one fatality, taking the active cases to 1,594 and death toll to 8,452 in the state. With this the total number of Omicron cases in country reaches to 426.