Maharashtra Delta Plus count crosses 100, 128 samples detected with Delta variant in Mumbai

The number of Delta plus cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra rose to 103 with the addition of 27 more such cases, the state health department said on Monday.

Of the new 27 Delta plus cases, six each was detected in Gadchiroli and Amravati, followed by five in Nagpur, four in Ahmednagar, three in Yavatmal, two in Nashik and one in Bhandara district.

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Raising worries around the highly transmissble strain, the Delta variant has been detected in 128 swab samples in Mumbai, the BMC said on Monday.

188 samples sent for genome sequencing at a BMC acility, out of which 128 were found to have the Delta variant of Covid-19.

Maharashtra is conducting genome sequencing tests of COVID-19 positive patients' samples on a regular basis to ascertain the extent of spread of mutants of the virus.

The BMC has set up a new genome sequencing facility at the civic-run Kasturba Hospital in the Chinchpokli area.

The civic body tested the first batch of samples at this facility that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had inaugurated on August 4.