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Out of the 190 patients from Mumbai whose swab tests were sent for genome sequencing, 23 have died and 21 of them were contaminated with the Omicron variant.
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Almost 95 per cent of swab tests inspected in the most recent round of genome sequencing in Mumbai were viewed as contaminated with the Omicron variation of COVID-19, the city civic body has said.
The Omicron variation had set off the third wave of the Covid pandemic in late December 2021 and it presently ebbed in the Maharashtra state capital.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) released on Monday spoke to residents to keep following COVID-19-suitable conduct regardless of a tremendous drop in every day cases.
Mumbai detailed 192 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the most reduced day-by-day count since December 13, 2021, and two new fatalities connected to the infection, while 350 additional patients were released after recovery, the civic body said.
Refering to aftereffects of the 10th round of genome sequencing in the city, the BMC said out of the complete 190 samples which were tried, 180 (94.74 per cent) were viewed as infected with Omicron, and the leftover samples with the Delta variation and different strains of Covid.
Fundamentally, out of the 190 patients from Mumbai whose swab tests were sent for genome sequencing, 23 have passed away and 21 of them were contaminated with the Omicron variant, the release said.
In the past round of genome sequencing completed in December-end, of the 280 samples gathered from BMC's purview, 248 had been positive for Omicron, while the others had different variations of Covid.
As indicated by the release, in the most recent 10th round of genome sequencing, the civic body had analysed 282 samples. Out of these, 190 samples were from Mumbai and the rest from different areas of Maharashtra.
The BMC said out of the 190 patients, 74 patients (39 per cent) were in 61 to 80 years age, trailed by 41 patients (22 per cent) in the age section of 41 to 60 years, 36 (19 per cent) matured 21 to 40 years, 22 patients (12 per cent) in 81 to 100 years age group, and 17 patients ( 9 per cent) in 0 to 18 age.
Of the 190 tainted patients, 13 were under 18 years old. Out of them, 11 were tainted with Omicron, according to the release.
The BMC said 106 of the 190 patients required hospitalisation. Of these, five had taken just the principal portion of COVID-19 immunisation, 50 had taken the two the dosages, while 51 had not taken any portion. Of these 106 patients, just nine required oxygen support, while 11 were conceded in the ICU, the municipal body said.
Out of the 23 patients who passed away, 21 were more than 60 years old and experiencing co-morbidities, the release said, adding that 15 of them had not taken any portion of COVID-19 antibody. Additionally, 22 patients died within seven days of developing side effects, the BMC said.
Genome sequencing is a scientific cycle that aides in understanding the distinction between two variations of a similar infection. It makes it more straightforward to decide the specific line of treatment for the infected patients.