JAIPUR: Initially when Omicron was first reported in the state, a lot of questions about its traits had come to the fore. But, its now unfolding. Third wave of Covid driven by Omicron and the second wave dominated by Delta had the same positivity rate in their initial worst-affected months, but had differences in severity and mortality they caused.
Though Delta might have arrived in the state much earlier, but it emerged in the form of a wave in April, 2021. Delta's first worst-affected month was April, in which 2.64 lakh of the 17.5 lakh samples tested positive with a positivity rate of 15% and 1,421 persons died.
