5 more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Five more Omicron cases have been recorded in Telangana, taking total number of cases of new coronavirus variant in state to 84, state health department said on Sunday.

All five cases were passengers who arrived at international airport here from countries or than those declared "at risk" by Centre, it said in a bulletin.

bulletin said 32 Omicron-infected people have cumulatively recovered from new variant, leaving number of active cases at 52. It said 30 samples are awaited with regard to ir Omicron status.

Meanwhile, Telangana on Sunday reported 274 new COVID-19 cases, pushing tally to 6,82,489, while death toll rose to 4,030 with one more fatality.

Greater Hyderab Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for most cases with 212, followed by Ranga Reddy (18) district, bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 pm on Sunday.

It said 227 people recovered from infection on Sunday. cumulative number of recoveries till date was 6,74,680. number of active cases was 3,779, bulletin said.

It said 21,679 samples were tested on Sunday and total number of samples tested till date was 2,97,59,257. samples tested per million population was 7,99,550.

case fatality rate in state was 0.59 per cent. recovery rate in Telangana was 98.85 per cent.