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Bihar has reported its first Omicron case. A 26-year-old resident of Kidwaipuri locality of Patna tested positive for the new variant of coronavirus. 26-year-old youth of Patna, who had recently visited Delhi and met a relative upon return from abroad, has been found to be infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19.

He had visited Delhi last week to meet the relative, who tested positive for COVID-19 a day after he returned to Patna.

Meanwhile, the number of daily Covid cases continues to increase with 132 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The number of active covid cases in the state has increased to 333. All parks and zoo in the state will remain closed from today till January 2 in the wake of rise in covid cases.