3 Deaths In Maharashtra From Delta+ Variant, Mumbai Sees 1st Death

Friday, 13 August 2021Newsdesk

Three deaths from the Delta Plus Covid variant have been reported from Maharashtra, including one in Mumbai, at a time the state is trying to ease tough restrictions in place for months. A 63-year-old woman who died on July 27 is reported to be Mumbai's first Delta Plus death. A 69-year-old man has also died in Raigad from the strain. An 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri died last month.

New Delhi, 13 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, The Mumbai woman, who tested positive on July 21, had several comorbidities including diabetes, according to officials. She was fully vaccinated and among seven patients in the city whose reports turned out positive for the Delta Plus, a mutation of the highly contagious Delta variant that drove the deadly second wave of Covid in April-May. The results of genome sequencing from the woman's samples arrived on Wednesday. Mumbai's civic body BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) started contacting the seven patients after receiving the results from the state health department.

Source -NDTV