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Is Delmicron a new Covid-19 variant? What is it and how is it different from Omicron? Know its symptoms | FAQs answered

Delmicron is the combination of delta and omicron variants which is considered to be the highly spreadable variant. Can Delmicron emerge in India? What are its symptoms. Read here.

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With the emergence of new coronavirus variants, health experts are struggling to make the world pandemic-free by 2022. While one battles the surfacing of the highly contagious variant Omicron and its consequences, another variant, Delmicron, has been identified as a major source of the rising cases in the US and UK. While it is claimed that Omicron is the master of the Covid-19 variant as compared to Delta, another variant has come to the fore- Delmicron.

What is Delmicron?

Delmicron is the combination of delta and omicron variants which is considered to be the highly spreadable variant. It is the double variant of Covid-19 and is highly transmissible in the West. Delta and Omicron variants are currently found all over the world.

According to Dr Shashank Joshi, member of Maharashtra’s task force on Covid-19, Delmicron, the twin spikes of Delta and Omicron, has resulted in a mini tsunami of cases in Europe and the US.

How Delmicron is different from Omicron?

Omicron is a highly mutated B.1.1.529 variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was found in South Africa for the first time. This variant has spread more quickly than Delta and caused milder symptoms. Delmicron is the result of combining Delta and Omicron, which is practically the twin spike of the variants.

The fast-spreading Omicron variant is currently the leading COVID-19 strain in the United States, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accounting for 73 percent of analysed cases.

The percentage of Omicron cases in some parts of the country is higher than the national average of 73 percent. According to the CDC, it accounts for more than 90% of cases in the Northwest, South, Southeast, and Northeast.

These statistics clearly reveal that the United States is fighting a combination of Delta and Omicron strains and that tests and vaccinations — including booster doses — are being pushed up to combat the raging inferno.

Delmicron in India

Dr Joshi said that it will be interesting to see how Omicron reacts in India, where the Delta strain is prevalent. Delta derivatives, which are descendants of the delta, are now the most prevalent form in India, according to Joshi, who also noted that Omicron is rapidly overtaking deltas in other parts of the world.

Dr Shahid Jameel, a top virologist also believes that India will not face the third Covid wave. Adding further he said that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will not have the same negative impact on India as the Delta variant did.

Read Also: Covid-19: Analysis of hospitalisation risk for Omicron vs Delta variant in two studies

Delmicron Symptoms

There are no different symptoms because it is a terminology formed by combining the Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus.

Symptoms may include:

  • High fever
  • persistent cough
  • sore throat
  • loss of smell and taste
  • fatigue, headache
  • running nose
  • congestion

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India registers 313 new Covid cases, active cases reach 2,041, 3 deaths recorded in last 24 hours

The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a rise in the hospitalization and mortality.

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India saw a single-day rise of 313 new Covid cases, while the active caseload has declined to 2,041, the health ministry said on Saturday.  Three deaths: two from Karnataka and one from Maharashtra were reported in the last 24 hours.

According to the ministry website, the number of active cases in the country stood at 2,331 on Friday. The number of cases of Covid had dropped to double digits till December 5, but it began to start increasing after the emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.

 According to reports after December 5, the highest single day rise of 841new cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which is 0.2% of the peak cases reported in May 2021. Of the total active cases, a large majority of these (around 92%) are recovering under home isolation.

The currently available data suggests that the JN.1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in the new cases nor a rise in the hospitalization and mortality. India has witnessed three waves of Covid in the past with its peak incidence of daily new cases and deaths being reported during the delta wave in April June 2021.

 At its peak, 414,188 new cases and 3915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021. Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have have been 4.5 crore people who have got infected and this has resulted in the death of 5.3 lakh persons in a total time span of four years.

According to the ministry data, the total number of persons who have recuperated from the disease are 4.4 crore with total recovery rate recorded is 98.81%. A total number of 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in India so far.  

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India registers 605 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths in last 24 hours

The number of people who have recovered from the disease has gone up to 4,44,81,341, an increase of 648 since Sunday morning. In Kerala a 70 year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 81year-old male with T2DM and HTN, and in Karnataka, a 48 year old male with CA and TB died, while one person in Tripura succumbed to COVID.

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India recorded 605 fresh COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. The active cases have increased to 4002, while India’s overall COVID case tally stands at over 4.5 crore (4,50,18,792). The death toll was recorded at 5,33,396 with four new deaths – two from Kerala and one each in Karnataka and Tripura – reported in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8am stated.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease has gone up to 4,44,81,341, an increase of 648 since Sunday morning. In Kerala a 70 year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 81year-old male with T2DM and HTN, and in Karnataka, a 48 year old male with CA and TB died, while one person in Tripura succumbed to COVID.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) reported that 11,838 doses of the vaccine had been administered in the country till January 7. The data is a compilation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (National Centre for Disease Control), media bulletins and websites of various states at 8am on January 4.

As the winter season sets in, health experts are highlighting a sudden surge in viral infections, influenza, and COVID-19 cases. Dr Nikhil Modi, a senior pulmonologist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, pointed out that the decrease in temperature leads to increase in moisture in the air, low wind speed and also causes an increase in pollution levels. This contributes highly to various infections.

Due to the decrease in temperature the fog combines with the pollution in the air which further leads to the formation of smog. This condition of the atmosphere can cause different types of infections and difficulty in breathing. Both the state and the central government are keeping a close watch on the new Omicron Subvariant JN.1. J.N.1 is a Variant of Interest (VOI) which is under intense scientific scrutiny.   

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India records 774 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths in 24 hours

The number of daily cases was in double digits till December 5 but it started to rise again amid cold weather conditions and after the emergence of new Covid-19 variant, JN.1.

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India on Saturday had a single-day rise of 774 Covid cases while the number of active cases stood at 4,187, the Union health ministry said. As many as two deaths – one each from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat were reported in a span of 24 hours. Of the 4,187 active cases, the majority (over 92%) are recovering under home isolation.

The number of daily cases was in double digits till December 5 but it started to rise again amid cold weather conditions and after the emergence of new Covid-19 variant, JN.1. The central government has asked the state government and union territories to maintain a constant vigil amid an upward trend in the number of Covid-cases and the detection of the JN.1 sub variant in the country.

According to reports after December 5, the highest single-day rise of 841 cases was reported on December 31, 2023, which was 0.2% of the peak cases reported in May 2021. A health official said that the JN.1 variant is neither leading to an exponential rise in new cases nor a surge in hospitalisation and mortality in the country.

The Karnataka government has made the Covid test mandatory for those with Influenza like illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI). Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said more than 7000 tests are being done every day and the COVID positivity rate is 3.82%. The positivity rate in the state has not come down yet.

He said those with symptoms are being monitored and tested. Those who are in isolation at home have been told to take extra care. He added it is expected that the trend of decreasing Covid cases may start next week in Karnataka. India has witnessed three waves of Covid-19 in the past with the peak incidence of daily cases and deaths being reported during the Delta wave during April-June 2021. At its peak 4,14,188 cases and 3915 deaths were reported on May 7, 2021.

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