India on Wednesday confirmed its first death linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus after the samples of a man in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, who died last week, showed the presence of the variant, officials in the Union health ministry said.
The death reported from Udaipur was “technically” related to Omicron, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said at a press conference here on Wednesday.
“That person had already died by the time the Omicron-positive results came. He was an elderly person and had diabetes and other comorbid conditions and was being treated as per protocol for his comorbid conditions as well as for the infection.