Maharashtra on Saturday reported 172 new coronavirus cases. The state’s health department stated that zero fatalities were however reported from the state. The fresh infections indicated a rising graph over weeks in the state.

The week from December 24 to 30 saw 620 cases compared to the preceding week from December 17 to 24 when only 103 infections were recorded. 19 cases each were reported from December 3 to 9 and from December 10 to 16, reported news agency PTI.

Maharashtra has 10 cases of JN.1 sub-variant of Omicron till Saturday. These cases were from Thane, Pune, and Akola cities, and Pune and Sindhudurg districts.

As per the health department, Omicron XBB.1.16 is a dominant variant of COVID-19 and a total of 1,972 cases were reported.