The remaining 18 people were carrying other variants, including Delta, which fuelled the ferocious second wave of infections in April and May last year, and sublineages.

Overall, the Omicron variant was found in all the 504 samples analysed at genome sequencing laboratories in the capital in March.

Driven by Omicron, the third wave of Covid-19 had seen a lesser number of hospitalisations and severe cases across the country.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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