Covid Delta Plus variant is spreading, cases now in three states

Amid an ebbing of the second wave of Covid-19, India is struggling to control the spread of the more deadly Delta Plus variant of coronavirus.

The cases of Delta Plus, which is considered the most dangerous variant of Covid-19, have been reported in three states now -- Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday that the state has reported 21 cases of the Delta plus variant. Of these, nine were from Jalgaon, seven from Mumbai and one each from Sindhudurg , Thane and Palgarh districts.

Kerala government officials told news agency PTI that presence of the Delta plus variant has been found in samples collected from Palakkad and Pathanamth districts.

The first case of Delta plus variant in India was reported in a 65-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal. Reports said that four people have been found infected with the variant in the Shivpuri district.