Maharashtra has recorded a maximum of 108 Omicron cases in India, followed by Delhi at 79. Gujarat and Rajasthan are next in the list with both the states having 43 cases of the new strain.
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly in India. On Saturday, Rajasthan reported 21 cases of the new strain, a huge spike that took the state's Omicron tally to 43.
Of these, 11 are from Jaipur, six from Ajmer and three from Udaipur. One of these patients is from Maharashtra.
The Rajasthan health department said on Saturday that the presence of omicrons was confirmed after samples from people reporting COVID-like symptoms were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
Of these infected, five had returned from abroad while three others had come in contact with foreign travelers.
Giving information about the cases of Omicron in Rajasthan, the Health Department said that 28 are from Jaipur, seven from Ajmer, four from Sikar and three from Udaipur. Then a patient is from Maharashtra.
India has so far recorded over 400 cases of the Omicron version of the coronavirus, of which 115 have been cured or migrated, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
Maharashtra has reported maximum 108 omicron cases, followed by Delhi with 79. Gujarat and Rajasthan are next on the list, with 43 cases of the new strain in both the states.
Telangana has 38 omicron cases, while Kerala has 37, Tamil Nadu 34 and Karnataka 31.
India's Covid tally rose to 3,47,79,815 with 7,189 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, while active cases declined to 77,032, according to the health ministry's 8 am update.
The death toll rose to 4,79,520 with 387 more deaths, the data showed.