Bengaluru, Dec 31 (PTI): Twenty-three more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Karnataka, State's Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Friday.

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This takes the State's tally to 66.

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"Twenty-three new cases of Omicron confirmed in Karnataka today, of which 19 are international travellers from the USA, Europe, Middle-East and Africa," Sudhakar said in a tweet.

The country's first two such cases were detected in the State on December 2.

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