Chennai: In a positive development at a time when Tamilnadu is witnessing steep rise of Covid-19 cases, Health department officials have said all Omicron patients have recovered in the State.

The total cases stood at 185 of which 179 were discharged, leaving nil active cases. Six cases cross-notified to Kerala, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh, they added.

As on Sunday, 185 persons were found to have been infected with the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.

The number of persons infected with the novel coronavirus so far in Tamilmadu crossed the 28-lakh mark and the persons under treatment breached the 50,000-mark on Sunday when 12,895 fresh Covid-19 cases were found among 1,47,705 persons tested.