Three more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Three more Omicron cases were reported in Telangana on Saturday, taking total number of cases of new coronavirus variant in State to 41, said State Health Department.

three were passengers who arrived at international airport here from countries or than those declared "at risk" by Centre, said a bulletin.

It said 20 samples are awaited for ir Omicron status.

Meanwhile, Telangana reported 140 new COVID-19 cases, pushing tally to 6,80,553 while death toll rose to 4,021 with two more fatalities.

Greater Hyderab Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for most number of cases with 92 followed by Ranga Reddy district (14), a State bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 PM today.

number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 186 people recovering from infectious disease. cumulative number of recoveries till date was 6,73,033.

number of active cases was 3,499, bulletin said.

It said 26,947 samples were tested today and total number of samples tested till date was 2,94,95,891.

samples tested per 10 lakh population were 7,92,474.

case fatality rate in State was 0.59 per cent and recovery rate 98.89 per cent.