By PTI
MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Monday reported two new patients infected with the new Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state health department said.
With these two cases — one from Latur and the other from Pune — the tally of patients infected with the newly discovered variant of the coronavirus rose to 20, it added.
COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus will spread rapidly in India, according to a forecast by Juliet Pulliam, director of the South African DSI-NSF Centre for Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis.
