A technician uses a pipette while preparing test samples inside a Covid-19 Genome Sequencing Laboratory at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in New Delhi, India. (Photographer T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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Dec 13, 2021
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Maharashtra has reported two more Omicron cases in the state, with two people with travel history from Dubai testing positive. There are now a total of 20 omicron cases in the state.
The two patients, one each in Latur and Pune, remain asymptomatic and were fully vaccinated, according to the Maharashtra Health Department.
Gujarat has accepted 10,000 more deaths caused due to the coronavirus after it submitted documents stating that it has given compensation for 19,964 deaths, according to NDTV.
The total number of deaths in the state has so far officially been 10,098, which will now stand nearly doubled after the latest figures.
Gujarat has received 34,678 applications for the ₹ 50,000 compensation and payments have been made only in 19,964 cases, NDTV reported.
#WATCH | Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai witnessed huge crowd on Sunday.
In wake of #Omicron cases in the state, asection 144 CrPC was imposed in Mumbai on 11th and 12th December. The state has a total of 17 Omicron cases so far. pic.twitter.com/C8sxbL34ys
