India reports first Omicron death
05 January 2022, 08:57 pm | Updated: 22 November 2024, 11:01 am
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India reported on Wednesday first Omicron death in the northwestern city of Udaipur. The Omicron victim identified as 73-year-old Laxminarayan Nagar tested positive for Covid on December 15. A subsequent genome sequencing of his blood samples confirmed that the man had contracted the Omicron strain, health officials said.
The man who had comorbidities but was doubly vaccinated, succumbed to the Omicron strain of the coronavirus in the early hours of December 31, according to the officials.
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