Bengaluru:
Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K said on Friday that statistics show that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has become less dominant, which is now being replaced by the Omicron variant of the virus, unlike the second wave in the country when the the first variant was more dominant over the others.
The minister shared genome sequence data in the state until Thursday and said the Omicron variant is more dominant in the ongoing third wave of COVID-19, with 67.5 percent of samples testing positive for the variant.
On the contrary, the Delta variant, which was more dominant during the second wave with a positivity rate of 90.7 percent of the sample, has now become less dominant with a positivity rate of 26 percent.
Which species dominates which wave in Karnataka? According to the genome sequencing sample, the following are the dominant strains:
?Second Wave: 90.7% Delta
?Third Wave: 67.5% Omicron and 26% Delta#COVID-19#Omicron#Deltapic.twitter.com/xZUkHYMVTS
— Dr. Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) January 28, 2022
“Which strain dominates in which wave in Karnataka? According to the genome sequencing sample, the following are the dominant strains: Second wave: 90.7 percent Delta variant, Third wave: 67.5 percent Omicron variant and 26 percent Delta variant of coronavirus,” Sudhakar tweeted.
Meanwhile, Karnataka reported 31,198 new COVID-19 infections on Friday with a positivity rate of 20.91 percent.