Mumbai Dec 17 PTI Maharashtra on Friday recorded eight new cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus which took the total of such cases in the state to 48 the health department saidAs per the report given by the National Institute of Virology today eight more patients were found to be infected with Omicron in the state an official release saidOf these six patients were from Pune one was from Mumbai and another from Kalyan-Dombivli satellite towns near Mumbai it saidAll eight new Omicron patients were male and aged between 29 to 45 years it added PTI PR KRK KRK