In Maharashtra, as many as 27 cases of the Delta Plus variant of Covid were detected on Monday, said the state health department. With this, the total number of people infected with the mutant strain has reached 10.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), 128 out of the 188 samples collected from Covid patients at Mumbai's Kasturba hospital were found to be positive for the Delta variant. While 128 patients are found infected with the Delta Plus, two were Alpha types, 24 were Kappa types, and the rest showing common Covid-19 virus infections. The tests were run at the state-of-the-art Next-Generation Genome Sequencing Lab at the Kasturba Hospital, inaugurated by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray earlier this month.

As of August 16, the state had reported a total of 76 Delta Plus cases plus 5 deaths, including 2 from Ratnagiri, and one each from Mumbai, Raigad, and Beed, all senior citizens.

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