Four more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Four more Omicron cases have been reported in Telangana on Tuesday, taking total number of cases of new coronavirus variant in state to 24.

Of four new Omicron cases, three are passengers who arrived at international airport here from countries or than those declared at risk by Centre, while one is contact of a positive case, a state health department bulletin said.

It said outcome of 13 samples is awaited over ir Omicron status.

Meanwhile, Telangana today reported 172 new COVID-19 cases, pushing tally to 6,79,892, while death toll rose to 4,016 with one more fatality.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for most number of cases with 86, followed by Ranga Reddy (20) district, bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 PM on Tuesday.

number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 188 people recovering from infectious disease. cumulative number of recoveries till date was 6,72,251.

number of active cases was 3,625, bulletin said.

It said 39,919 samples were tested today and total number tested till date was 2,93,58,335.

samples tested per million population were 7,88,778.