Maharashtra logs 3,142 new Covid cases in a day; active tally at 19,981

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 3,142 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 695 in Mumbai, and seven fatalities, taking the tally to 79,93,051 and the toll to 1,47,956, the health department said.

The state also reported 19 cases of Omicron's sub-variants.

A day earlier, Maharashtra had reported 3,098 cases and six fatalities.

The state is now left with 19,981 active cases.

The health department said six patients of BA.5 and three of BA.4 have been found in the state, all from Pune. BA.4 and BA.5 are sub-variants of the Omicron.

Besides, 10 cases of BA.2.75 were found in Pune, the health department said in a bulletin.

In India, BA.2.75 has been documented to have a limited circulation and so far, this lineage has not been documented to have enhanced severity or the spread of the disease.

As the BA.2 lineage is evolving, many of its sub-lineages are now developing with a set of distinct mutations. B.2.75 is a similar sub-lineage of BA.2.

All these samples were collected from June 21