<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala Health Minister Veena George informed that four more cases of the new covid variant, Omicron have been confirmed in Kerala. With this, the total tally of Omicron cases in the state has reached five.<br />''<br />''Two of the four new cases were the wife and mother-in-law of the Ernakulam native, who was the first to be tested positive for the Omicron variant in the state. Of the other two, one is a Thiruvananthapuram native who has come back from the UK and the other is an Eranakulam native who returned from Congo.<br />''<br />''While briefing the media yesterday, the State Health Minister said that contacts of all the infected persons were being identified and the health condition of all the persons are satisfactory. However, the Health Minister has advised everyone to be alert and take extreme caution in the wake of Omicron confirmation in the state.</span><br />