How deadly is the Omicron variant, 781 Omicron infections in India

Ground Report | New Delhi: How deadly is the Omicron variant; The cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus in India have increased to 781, in which 238 cases are in Delhi and 167 cases are in Maharashtra. At the same time, during the last 24 hours on Wednesday, 9,195 cases of coronavirus infection were reported in India, which was 44 percent more than on Tuesday.

A day earlier, 6,358 new cases of infection were found in India. The recovery rate of recovery from this disease in India remains 98.40 percent, which is the highest since March 2020. In the last 24 hours, 7,347 people have been cured of coronavirus infection.

The Ministry reported that the number of active cases in India currently stands at 77,002, constituting 0.22% of the country's total positive cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.

ALSO READ: 9 of 10 people infected with Omicron fully vaccinated: Centre

The Health Ministry further said that there are 781 cases of Omicron in India so far.

Delhi accounts for the largest number of cases from Omicron (283), followed by Maharashtra (167), Gujarat (73), Kerala (65), Telangana (62), Rajasthan (46), Karnataka (34), Tamil Nadu (34) , Haryana (12), West Bengal (11), Madhya Pradesh (9), Odisha (8), Andhra Pradesh (6), Uttarakhand (4), Chandigarh (3), Jammu and Kashmir (3), Uttar Pradesh (2 ), Goa (1), Himachal Pradesh (1), Ladakh (1) and Manipur (1).

With the recovery of 7,347 patients in the last 24 hours, the cumulative count of patients recovered by COVID, since the beginning of the pandemic, is now 3,42,51,292.

How deadly is the Omicron variant?

That is a big question mark. The WHO says that, "Preliminary data suggest that there is an increase in hospitalization rates in South Africa, but this may be due to the increase in the total number of people who become infected, rather than the result of a specific infection with Omicron."

Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the data does not indicate that Omicron is more deadly than past strains of SARS. -CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. "So far, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of severity," Dr. Fauci said. "But we really do have to be careful before making any determination that it is less serious or does not really cause any serious illness, comparable to Delta."

ALSO READ: Registration for Booster Dose: Rules and Regulations

Infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., principal investigator at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, agrees. "There is still not enough information to make a definitive evaluation of the variant, but every day we learn more," he says. "It is not clear how 'deadly' this variant is because so far no deaths have been reported, but deaths are delayed."

Dr. Russo says more data and time are needed. "Overall, the cases have been mild and that's encouraging," he says. However, he adds, as Omicron infects more people, doctors will have a better idea of ​​how deadly the variant is in the general population. "We are still in standby mode," says Dr. Russo.

You can connect with Ground Report on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Whatsapp. For suggestions and writeups mail us at [email protected]