Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh reported first cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus, on Sunday.
While eight people were found infected in MP, Himachal Pradesh reported one case in Mandi district.
A 45-year-old woman, who arrived in Himachal Pradesh from Canada on December 3 and was in home isolation for 14 days, tested positive for the variant on December 12. She has recovered and tested negative on December 24.
"Eight Omicron cases have been found in Indore. Out of these patients, six have recovered and have been discharged while two are undergoing treatment," Madhya Pradesh Home Narottam Mishra said on Sunday.
The minister said around 3,000 people recently returned to Indore from abroad and 26 of them were found to be infected with coronavirus. "Omicron was confirmed in the genome sequencing of eight of these people."
The infected included two men aged 20 and 30 years, who came from the US on December 14 and 19 respectively, a 23-year-old woman who arrived from the UK on December 14, two women aged 33 and 26 who returned from Tanzania on December 19, a 33-year-old woman who returned from Ghana on December 17, and two men aged 26 and 31 years, who arrived from Dubai on December 13 and 18 respectively.
Maharashtra has the most number of Omicron cases (108), followed by Delhi (79).
—With PTI inputs
