All 288 swab samples tested
during the 15th genome sequencing series in Mumbai have been found
infected with the Omicron sub-variants of coronavirus, the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday.
In a release
issued during the day, it said the samples were collected between June
12 and September 1, adding that all of the patients had already
recovered.
Out of the 288 samples, 106 samples (37 per cent)
had the BA.2.75 variant, 96 (33 per cent) were of the BA.2.75.1 variant,
and 60 (21 per cent) were found with BA. 2.75.2 variant.
'Apart
from this, six samples each were found with BA.5.2 and BJ.1 variants,
four samples of BA 2.76 variant, three samples of BA 2 variant, two of
BA.1 variant and one each of BA.2.10.4, BA.2.74, BA.5.1, BE.1 and BE.3
variants,' the release said.
Giving details of the 288 patients
from whom the samples were collected, the civic body said 91 (32 per
cent) were in the 21-40 age group, 84 (29 per cent) in the 61-80 age
group, 77 (27 per cent) in the 41-60 age group, 26 (9 per cent) were
above 81 years of age and 10 (3 per cent) patients were in the sub-20
years segment.
Of this 10, a total of three patients were in the
0-3 age group and seven in the 0-18 age group, it added.
The
release also highlighted that two patients out of 288 had not taken a
single dose of the coronavirus vaccine, 84 (29 per cent) had taken just
one jab, and 202 (70 per cent) had taken both doses.
As on
Wednesday, Mumbai's COVID-19 tally stood at 11,48,502, including 19,721
deaths. -- PTI