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India records first Omicron death in Rajasthan's Udaipur
Updated On: 05 January, 2022 06:07 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The 73-year-old man, who was found infected with Omicron in genome sequencing and who had tested negative for the infection twice, died in a Udaipur hospital on December 31, sources in the Union health ministry said
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India recorded the first death linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus after the samples of a man in Rajasthan`s Udaipur, who died last week, showed the presence of the variant, sources in the Union health ministry said.
The 73-year-old man, who was found infected with Omicron in genome sequencing and who had tested negative for the infection twice, died in a Udaipur hospital on December 31, they added. He died due to post-Covid pneumonia coupled with comorbidities -- diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypothyroidism -- Udaipur Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Dinesh Kharadi had said.
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