<p>One day after Maharashtra reported its first Omicron case, seven more people have tested positive for the Coronavirus variant on Sunday taking the total to eight in the state.</p>.<p>While the first patient is from the Kalyan-Dombivli area of Thane district adjoining Mumbai, the seven new cases are from Pune district - one from Pune city and the rest six from the sister city of Pimpri-Chinchwad. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/omicron-plunges-the-world-into-collective-uncertainty-1057750.html" target="_blank">Omicron plunges the world into collective uncertainty</a></strong></p>.<p>The samples were tested at the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV).</p>.<p>However, state Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday that there is nothing to fear and urged people to get vaccinated and use masks.</p>.<p>Those infected included a 44-year-old woman who had come from Lagos in Nigeria on November 24 to meet her brother in Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal area. “The woman, her two daughters accompanying her, the brother and his two daughters – a total of 6 people have tested positive,” officials said. </p>.<p>Besides, a 47-year-old man from Pune has also tested positive for the Omicron variant.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>One day after Maharashtra reported its first Omicron case, seven more people have tested positive for the Coronavirus variant on Sunday taking the total to eight in the state.</p>.<p>While the first patient is from the Kalyan-Dombivli area of Thane district adjoining Mumbai, the seven new cases are from Pune district - one from Pune city and the rest six from the sister city of Pimpri-Chinchwad. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/omicron-plunges-the-world-into-collective-uncertainty-1057750.html" target="_blank">Omicron plunges the world into collective uncertainty</a></strong></p>.<p>The samples were tested at the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV).</p>.<p>However, state Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday that there is nothing to fear and urged people to get vaccinated and use masks.</p>.<p>Those infected included a 44-year-old woman who had come from Lagos in Nigeria on November 24 to meet her brother in Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal area. “The woman, her two daughters accompanying her, the brother and his two daughters – a total of 6 people have tested positive,” officials said. </p>.<p>Besides, a 47-year-old man from Pune has also tested positive for the Omicron variant.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>