Mumbai: Omicron cases in India rose to 21 on Sunday as nine people were found infected with the new variant of Covid-19 in Rajasthan’s Jaipur and seven more cases were detected in Maharashtra. Those found infected had a travel history to ‘high-risk’ countries or had come in contact with the patient.

Among the six people, three were minor, while the three others were fully vaccinated. Officials further said that a 44-year-old woman, an Indian national who returned from Nigeria, has mild symptoms, while others were asymptomatic.

The new cases in Rajasthan include four members of a family, who recently returned from South Africa, and their five acquaintances tested positive for Omicron variant on Sunday. Genome sequencing has confirmed that the nine people have been infected with the new variant, Health Secretary Vaibhav Galriya said.

Both men are fully vaccinated. On Saturday, a 72-year-old NRI from Gujarat had tested positive for the new variant. The elderly man had travelled to Jamnagar from Zimbabwe via Mumbai.