Aย 73-year-old man, who recently contracted the Omicron variant of coronavirus, has succumbed to post-COVID complications.ย 

The deceased man from Rajasthan was tested positive for Omicron strain on December 15.ย 

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However, the man had tested negative twice.ย 

โ€œThis will not be called a COVID death but a post-COVID death,โ€ saidย Dr Dineshย Kharadi, chief medical and health officer,ย Udaipur division in Rajasthan.ย 

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India thusย far, have recorded a total of 1270 Omicron cases.ย 

Of the 1270 patients infected with the Omicron variant of the virus in India, 374 have either recuperated or migrated, according to union health ministry.ย