New Delhi, Dec 31: India reported its first ‘Omicron death’ after the new variant was detected in the samples of a 52-year-old man, who recently died of a cardiac arrest in Pimpri, Maharashtra.
The patient had a travel history to Nigeria and died of a heart attack on December 28 (tested positive for Omicron), but the death had nothing to do with the infection, the release said.
This patient had diabetes for the last 13 years. He was admitted to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital.
