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As per the report from Pune’s BJ Medical College on Saturday, 14 patients of BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron and 35 of BA.2.75 were detected in the Maharashtra.
While one case of BA.2.75 is from Solapur and two cases are from Akola, all remaining 46 cases (BA.2.75 – 32 & BA.5 – 14) are from Pune, the report said.
These patients tested positive between July 20 to 28 and detailed epidemiological investigation of these cases was underway, it further added.
This has taken the BA.4 and BA.5 patient tally to 272 and that of BA.2.75 to 234.
District-wise BA.4 and BA.5 patients: Pune: 177, Mumbai: 51, Thane: 16, Raigad: 7, Sangli: 5, Nagpur: 8, Palghar: 4, Kolhapur: 2
District-wise BA.2.75 patients: Pune: 159, Nagpur: 33, Yavatmal: 12, Solapur – 9, Mumbai: 5, Akola: 6, Thane: 3, Washim: 2, Amaravati, Buldhana, Jalna, Latur, Sangli: 1 each.