Delhi Omicron found in 97 pc samples taken from deceased patients from Jan to March
New Delhi Apr 20 PTINinety-seven percent of the samples taken from those who died of Covid in Delhi from January to March had the Omicron variant of coronavirus according to government dataGenome sequencing of 578 samples collected from the deceased showed 560 of them had the Omicron variantThe remaining 18 three percent had other variants of COVID-19 including Delta which fuelled the ferocious second wave of infections in April and May last year and sub lineagesOverall the Omicron variant was found in all the 504 samples analysed at genome sequencing laboratories in the capital in MarchThe third wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant saw lesser hospitalisations and severe cases in the national capital and government data showed the virus isnt the primary reason in most fatalitiesA maximum of 2784 1796 percent of the 15505 COVID-19 beds in hospitals were occupied on January 17 During the second wave 20117 92 per cent of the 21839 beds were occupied on May 6Delhi is once again seeing a spurt in the number of infections with experts attributing it to a large number of people not following Covid-appropriate behaviour including the mask mandate In view of the spike in cases the Delhi government on Wednesday made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and imposed a fine of Rs 500 on violatorsOfficials said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in its meeting also decided not to shut schools but chose to come up with a separate Standard Operating Procedure in consultation with expertsDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE variant has spread in the city PTI GVS TDS TDS
New Delhi Apr 20 PTINinety-seven percent of the samples taken from those who died of Covid in Delhi from January to March had the Omicron variant of coronavirus according to government dataGenome sequencing of 578 samples collected from the deceased showed 560 of them had the Omicron variantThe remaining 18 three percent had other variants of COVID-19 including Delta which fuelled the ferocious second wave of infections in April and May last year and sub lineagesOverall the Omicron variant was found in all the 504 samples analysed at genome sequencing laboratories in the capital in MarchThe third wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant saw lesser hospitalisations and severe cases in the national capital and government data showed the virus isnt the primary reason in most fatalitiesA maximum of 2784 1796 percent of the 15505 COVID-19 beds in hospitals were occupied on January 17 During the second wave 20117 92 per cent of the 21839 beds were occupied on May 6Delhi is once again seeing a spurt in the number of infections with experts attributing it to a large number of people not following Covid-appropriate behaviour including the mask mandate In view of the spike in cases the Delhi government on Wednesday made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and imposed a fine of Rs 500 on violatorsOfficials said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in its meeting also decided not to shut schools but chose to come up with a separate Standard Operating Procedure in consultation with expertsDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE variant has spread in the city PTI GVS TDS TDS
