Indus Valley Times

Mumbai, Dec 25: Maharashtra on Saturday recorded two new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus which took the tally of such cases in the state to 110, the health department said.

As many as 57 of these patients have been discharged after testing negative for COVID-19 in subsequent testing, it said in a release here.

The two new patients are male, fully vaccinated against coronavirus, and belong to Aurangabad in central Maharashtra.

One is 50 years old and another is 33 years old.

One of them had returned from Dubai recently while the second person had come into contact with a person having history of international travel.

One of them is asymptomatic while the other has mild symptoms, the release said.

Since November 1, samples of 729 international passengers have been sent for genome sequencing in the state, of which results of 162 are awaited, it added.

Meanwhile, over 2,500 personnel will be on the ground in Nagpur city to enforce prohibitory orders announced by the Maharashtra government in the state between 9pm and 6am with the aim of curbing the spread of COVID-19, especially amid the Omicron scare, a senior official said on Saturday.

Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the bandobast (ground deployment) has been finalised as per local requirement and DCPs have been directed to set in place pickets on the roads to keep and eye on markets and other public areas, as well as monitor the city’s eight entry points.

“There will be 2,500 police personnel on bandobast duty to enforce the 9pm to 6am rule,” he said.

Meanwhile, District Collector R Vimala visited AIIMS, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and Mayo Hospital to take stock of the preparedness to tackle any possible rise in COVD-19 cases.

-PTI