Omicron variant: Maharashtra tally jumps to 2,845 after 86 new cases emerge

86 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus were detected in Maharashtra on Monday (January 24). With this, the total number of Omicron cases in the state reached 2,845.

Details of the new cases are as below:

Nagpur - 47

Pune Municipal Corporation - 28

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation - 3

Wardha - 2

Mumbai, Amravati, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Thane MC, and Pune Rural- 1 each

Here is the district / corporations wise tally:

The Mumbai circle--which consists of MCGM, Thane, TMC, Navi Mumbai, KDMC, Ulhasnagar MC, Bhivandi Nijampur MC, Mira Bhayandar MC, Palghar, Vasai Virar MC, Raigad, Panvel MC--recorded 1172 new cases.

The Nashik circle--which consists of Nashik, Nashik MC, Malegaon MC, Ahmednagar, Ahmednagar MC, Dhule, Dhule MC, Jalgaon, Jalgaon MC, Nandurbar--reported 13 fresh COVID-19 cases.

The Pune circle--which includes Pune, PMC, PCMC, Solapur, Solapur MC, Satara--recorded 1239 new cases.

The Kolhapur circle--which includes Kolhapur, Kolhapur MC, Sangli, Sangli MC, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri-- reported 78 new cases.

The Aurangabad circle--which consists of Aurangabad, Aurangabad MC, Jalna, Hingoli, Parbhani, Parbhani MC-- reported 26 fresh cases.

The Latur circle--which consists of Latur, Latur MC, Osmanabad, Beed, Nanded, Nanded MC--recorded 18 fresh cases.

The Akola circle--which includes Akola, Akola MC, Amaravati, Amaravati MC, Yawatmal, Buldhana, Washim-- recorded 50 fresh cases.

Nagpur circle--which includes Nagpur, Nagpur MC, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, Chandrapur MC, Gadchiroli --reported 248 fresh cases.

Out of these, 1454 cases have been discharged following a negative RT-PCR test. Besides, until now 6328 samples have been sent for genome sequencing, out of which, results of 6223 patients have been received. 105 results are awaited.

Published on: Monday, January 24, 2022, 09:15 PM IST