48 cases of Delta Plus variant detected, Mah has maximum: Govt
   Date :26-Jun-2021

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FORTY-EIGHT cases of Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus have been detected from 45,000 samples sequenced so far in the country with Maharashtra reporting the highest number of 20, the Centre said on Friday, stressing that there are still “very limited” cases of this mutation and it cannot be said that it is showing an upward trend.
Sujit Singh, Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said 20 cases of Delta Plus variant has been found in Maharashtra, followed by nine in Tamil Nadu, seven in Madhya Pradesh, three in Kerala, two each in Punjab and Gujarat, and one case each in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Karnataka.
“There are very limited number of cases of this mutation (Delta Plus). In India, there are very limited cases (of Delta Plus). There are nearly 50 cases that are found in 12 districts and this has happened in last three months. It cannot be said that in any district, state it is showing an increasing trend. Till the time we don’t correlate this we will not say this is a rising trend because its mutations are the same as Delta variant,” Singh said.