
44 more Omicron cases in Kerala
The Hindu
Tally rises to 107, most patients from UAE, U.K.
Health Minister Veena George on Friday said 44 more persons contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Ernakulam reported 12 new cases, Kollam 10, Thiruvananthapuram 8, Thrissur 4, Kottayam, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kannur 2 each, Alappuzha 1, and Idukki 1.
At least ten infected persons had arrived from high-risk countries and 27 from low-risk nations. They had come to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates 13, United Kingdom 3, Qatar 3, and one each from South Africa, Israel and Malta, Nigeria, Spain, Sweden.

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