Fully vaccinated traveller from Zimbabwe is Delhi's second Omicron case, India's tally at 33

The person was coming from Zimbabwe and had earlier travelled to South Africa as well. India has 17 Omicron cases from Maharashtra, nine from Rajasthan, three from Gujarat, and two from Karnataka and Delhi each.

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New Delhi: A second case of Omicron variant has been reported in Delhi. The person was fully vaccinated and was coming from Zimbabwe. The person had also travelled to South Africa, the Government of Delhi informed.

India has 33 Omicron cases so far, with 17 in Maharashtra, nine in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka and now two in Delhi.

Meanwhile, the country recorded 7,992 new COVID-19 cases, 393 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 3,46,682,736 and the total death toll to 4,75,128, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday (December 11, 2021). The country also recorded 9,265 recoveries today. 

Yesterday (December 10), Maharashtra reported seven new cases of Omicron including in a toddler. Of the seven cases, three were reported in Mumbai, four from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. Three men, aged 48, 25 and 37 had returned from Tanzania, the UK and South Africa, respectively, while four other patients are the contacts of Nigerian women, who had been infected with the new variant on December 6.Of the seven, four are asymptomatic while three display mild symptoms. Of these new cases, four are fully vaccinated, one has been administered with a single dose against COVID-19 and one is unvaccinated. The toddler is not eligible for vaccination.

Meanwhile, according to PIB, World Health Organization has observed that public health and social measures compliance is declining with an increase in vaccination rate. The Ministry of Health has cautioned Indian citizens to strictly follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour to prevent surge in cases as being seen in European countries.