chandigarh omicron variant was detected in all covid19 samples sent for genome sequencing and delta variant was not circulating anymore in the city according to the ut health departmenta total of 25 new cases were reported on monday while 12 patients were discharged the active cases have risen to 209 the positivity rate was 358 while the weekly positivity rate was 262 the confirmed cases are 92760 including 1165 while the recovery count is 91386 the number of patients on oxygen support has risen from 12 on sunday to 19 on monday while there are two patients on ventilators in the pgi seeing a rise in the number of covid cases the department issued an advisory on monday besides adherence to covidappropriate behaviour a helpline number has also been started for residents to report for any signs and symptoms of covid for early prevention and contact tracing the advisory also asked for booster dose for all residents and complete immunisation for children between 12 years and 18 years of age the covid variant in the city is omicron and its other lineages which have rapid rate of transmission the same precautions have to be used however a booster dose should also be taken said a public health expert the department is not collecting data of reinfections in the exposed population however by observation there are most health care workers who have been reinfected more than four times with the virus said the dhs