Delta Plus Variant Has Not Led To Exponential Surge In India: Centre

The highest number of samples - 34 - were detected in Maharashtra, followed by Madhya Pradesh (11) and Tamil Nadu (10), an official said.

The Delta Plus variant of coronavirus has been detected in 86 samples in the country so far and it has not led to an exponential surge in cases, the government said. "We found the Delta Plus variant in 86 (genome) samples (sequenced)," Sujit Singh, head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said at the health ministry's press briefing. He said four types of variants are categorised as Delta Plus - AY1 (B.1.617.2.1), AY2, AY3 and one more sub-lineage - in which one more gene has been detected and its only sample was found in Maharashtra. He said the highest number of 34 samples were detected in Maharashtra, followed by Madhya Pradesh (11) and Tamil Nadu (10).