Despite the public outcry over the Omicron variety, a senior maharashtra health official has stated that the Delta strain of the virus still accounts for the vast majority of infection cases in the state, as confirmed by genome sequencing of patient samples. In a letter to his colleagues on Wednesday, Dr. pradeep Vyas, assistant chief director of the medical center, stated that the Delta variant was detected in 67 percent of the over 4,400 samples examined, while the remainder 33 percent of patients were contaminated with the Omicron strain.

During the new wave of the epidemic last year, the Delta variety wreaked havoc. The Omicron strain, initially discovered in south africa in november 2021, began expanding to india in the first week of december 2021. maharashtra has recorded 1,612 Omicron instances as of friday night, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections to 70,44,178.

"Since november 1 of last year, 4,273 Covid-19 patients' samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. The results of 4,301 instances have been released, revealing that the Omicron variant was discovered in 1,287 cases, or 34%, while the Delta variant was identified in the remainder 68% of cases "In the letter, Dr. Vyas stated.

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