Lagatar24 Desk
Jaipur, Dec 29: Rajasthan reported 23 cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus on Wednesday, informed state government officials.
“Of the fresh Omicron cases, 10 were reported from Ajmer, nine from Jaipur, two from Bhilwara and one each from Alwar and Jodhpur,” informed the state medical and health department.
According to the reports, four of the 23 patients had returned from abroad while, three got infected after coming in contact with foreign travelers and two returned from other states. All the infected people have been kept in isolation in a special ward for Omicron patients at the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) hospital.
With this the state’s tally reaches to 69. Of the 69 patients in the state, 39 are from Jaipur, 17 from Ajmer, four each from Sikar and Udaipur, two from Bhilwara and one person each is from Alwar, Jodhpur and Maharashtra.