The first case of death of a person infected with Omicron was reported in Maharashtra.

The first case of death of a person infected with Omicron has been reported in Maharashtra. However, the Health Department says that the patient died due to non-Covid reasons.

According to news agency ANI, the Maharashtra Health Department has informed that "A 52-year-old man who had traveled to Nigeria died of a heart attack on December 28 in Pimpri chinchwad. The patient died of non-Covid causes. Today's NIV report shows that he was infected with Omicron "

Significantly, Maharashtra has registered 5,368 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this the number of active cases reached 18,217. The number of Omicron cases has increased to 450 in the state. 198 such cases have been registered in the state in the last 24 hours.

The district wise details of Omicron patients are as follows- Mumbai 190, Thane MC 4, Satara 1, Nanded 1, Pune MC 1, PCMC 1.