COVID-19: Maharashtra adds 20 more cases of Delta plus variant, bringing total to 65

The 20 newly identified patients include seven in Mumbai; three in Pune, two each in Nanded, Gondia, Raigad, Palghar; one each in Chandrapur and Akola, according to a statement from the Maharashtra health department. 

Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Department on Wednesday informed that cases of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 has reached 65 in the state.The Institute of Genomics Integrative Biology laboratory detected 20 more patients with the Delta Plus variant, bringing the total number in the state to 65 so far. The 20 newly identified patients include seven in Mumbai; three in Pune, two each in Nanded, Gondia, Raigad, Palghar; one each in Chandrapur and Akola, according to a statement from the Maharashtra health department.  This genetic sequencing test shows that delta variants are found in more than 80 per cent of the samples in the state. The survey has so far identified 65 Delta Plus variants in the state. Of the 65 Delta Plus patients found in the state so far, 32 are men and 33 are women.