Nagpur, Dec 12 (TIWN) A 40-year-old man from Maharashtra's Nagpur, who recently travelled to South Africa, has tested positive for Covid-19's new variant Omicron, taking the state's tally to 18, officials said on Sunday.

Nagpur Municipal Corporation Commissioner B. Radhkrishnan said that the patient - who arrived here on December 4 from South Africa - has shown mild symptoms but is stable and is undergoing treatment at the AIIMS here.  The state Health Department said late this evening that the patient had been earlier diagnosed with Covid-19 in April, but since his symptoms were mild, he was not hospitalised, and has not been vaccinated till date.