Omicron “Dominant” Variant In Karnataka, Now not Delta: Well being Minister
Karnataka reported 31,198 new COVID-19 infections on Friday.
Bengaluru:
Karnataka Well being Minister Sudhakar Okay on Friday mentioned that statistics display that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has turn into much less dominant which is now changed by way of the Omicron variant of the virus as towards the second one wave within the nation when the previous variant was once extra dominant over the others.
Sharing the genome sequencing information until Thursday within the state, the Minister mentioned that the Omicron variant is extra dominant within the ongoing 3rd wave of COVID-19 with 67.Five in keeping with cent of the samples trying out certain for the variant.
To the contrary, the Delta variant, which was once extra dominant all over the second one wave with a 90.7 in keeping with cent positivity fee of the pattern, has now turn into much less dominant with a 26 in keeping with cent positivity fee.
Which pressure is dominating which wave in Karnataka? As in keeping with the genome sequencing pattern, the next are the dominant lines:
?2d wave: 90.7% Delta
?3rd wave: 67.5% Omicron and 26% Delta#COVID19#Omicron#Deltapic.twitter.com/xZUkHYMVTS
— Dr Sudhakar Okay (@mla_sudhakar) January 28, 2022
“Which pressure is dominating through which wave in Karnataka? As in keeping with the genome sequencing pattern, the next are the dominant lines: 2d wave: 90.7 in keeping with cent Delta variant, 3rd-wave: 67.Five in keeping with cent Omicron variant and 26 in keeping with cent Delta variant of coronavirus,” Mr Sudhakar tweeted.
In the meantime, Karnataka reported 31,198 new COVID-19 infections on Friday with a positivity fee of 20.91 in keeping with cent.
