Coronavirus | Omicron sub variant not affected by COVID 19: NCDC

National Centre for Disease Control NCDC Director Mukesh Kumar stated on Thursday that the Omicron subvariant BA was not affected by it. Last week, the UK health authorities had designated it as a variant under investigation VUI A VUI designation is the initial step of investigation before it is designated as a variant of concern VOC Meanwhile, Luv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, stated in a press conference that India's overall case positivity rate was nearly 17.75 per cent during the last week. There were 2,02, 472 active cases of COVID 19 in the country as of January 27, as of January 27.

There are over 50,000 active cases of COVID in 11 states, 10,000 -- 50,000 active cases in 14 states less than 10,000 active cases in 11 states, said Aggarwal.

There are over 3 lakh active cases in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala, according to the Union Health Ministry. There are more than one lakh active cases in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. We're in touch with the states regarding containment activities. As of Jan 26, 551 districts had reported case positivity rates of over 5 per cent, according to Aggarwal.

The ministry said on May 7, 2021, there were 4,14, 188 fresh cases and 3679 deaths with only 3 per cent of the population fully vaccinated, as well as the second wave of the pandemic. India has 95 per cent of first dose vaccination coverage and 74 per cent second dose coverage, according to the ministry. It added that 97.03 lakh people from the eligible population have been given the 'precaution dose'.

Vinod Bhandari, founder chairman of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences SAIMS, said on Monday that there have been 21 cases of BA since January 6. Two sub-lineage of the Omicron variant have been found during tests conducted in our Molecular Virology Diagnostic and Research Lab in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

In six out of 21 patients of the Omicron sub-lineage, lung involvement ranged from 1 per cent to 50 per cent. Three of the patients are still hospitalized, while 18 have been discharged. Of the 21, a total of 15 adults have taken both doses of the COVID 19 vaccine, Bhandari told PTI.