India's Omicron tally reaches 1,700; Maharashtra, Delhi worst-hit

With 175 new cases of the highly transmissible Omicron Covid-19 variant discovered in the past 24 hours, the number rose to 1,700 in India on Monday, with Maharashtra and Delhi still the hardest hit, the health ministry said. the Union.

Of the total, 639 people were fired.

Of the 23 states and UTs that have reported cases of the new variant, Maharashtra tops the list with 510 cases, of which 193 patients have been discharged, according to ministry data.

The capital Delhi has the second highest Omicron cases with 351. Fifty-seven of them have been discharged from the hospital.

Delhi is followed by Kerala with 156 Omicron cases, Gujarat (136), Tamil Nadu (121) and Rajasthan (120).

In Telangana, 67 people have tested positive for the variant, while the number of cases in Karnataka has risen to 64.

Haryana has recorded 63 cases, Odisha 37, West Bengal 20 and Andhra Pradesh 17.

The states with single-digit Omicron cases are Madhya Pradesh (nine); Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand (eight each); Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir (three each); Andaman and Nicobar Islands (two); Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Ladkakh, Manipur and Punjab (one each).