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9 fliers from ‘high-risk’ nations found COVID positive in Mumbai; samples sent for ‘Omicron’ test

December 3, 2021, 1:55 PM

Karan Pareek | Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Friday, December 3, confirmed that nine international travellers, who arrived in Mumbai from high-risk nations, tested COVID positive. Their samples were sent to test for the Omicron variant.
Among the nine passengers, one came from South Africa. All of the nine passengers arrived at the Mumbai International Airport from November 10 to December 2. Their samples were sent for genome sequencing.
As per the latest reports, these passengers were admitted to isolation wards to undergo mandatory 14-day institutional quarantine.
However, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope in a tweet confirmed that no ‘Omicron’ cases were found in Maharashtra. Furthermore, he mentioned that the state was taking all necessary precautions in the matter.
Earlier, two passengers, who arrived in Karnataka from high risk countries, had tested positive for the ‘Omicron’ variant of COVID-19.
Reportedly, there are 28 suspected citizens in Maharashtra, who might be infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.