Mumbai: Maharashtra on Monday reported two new patients infected with the new Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state health department said.
With these two cases -- one from Latur and the other from Pune -- the tally of patients infected with the newly discovered variant of the coronavirus rose to 20, it added.
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COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
PTI