Delhi: Evidence Of Early Community Transmission Of Omicron, Read Details
New Delhi: The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences’ Department of Clinical Virology (ILBS), New Delhi has found out evidence of early community transmission of Omicron (B1.1.529) variant of Covid-19, report said.
The variant, which is highly transmissible, is suspected to be the reason behind the rapid increase in cases, with the numbers increasing much faster than they did even with the Delta wave last year.
Delhi is currently witnessing a surge of Covid-19 cases which is believed to be driven by the Omicron variant.
The national capital on Friday recorded 24,383 COVID-19 cases, a 15.5 per cent decline from a day earlier, even as the positivity rate mounted to 30.64 per cent, indicating that every third sample collected for a coronavirus test returned a positive report in the past 24 hours.
