No case of Delta Plus variant found in Himachal

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 28

No case of the Delta Plus variant of Covid has been reported in the state. As many as 1,113 samples have sent to the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, for testing but the Delta Plus strain has not been detected so far.

According to a spokesperson for the state Health Department, 109 samples have shown the presence of UK strains whereas eight samples have tested positive for the Kappa strain and 76 for the Delta strain.

He said that the second wave of the pandemic had claimed 1,493 more lives compared to the first wave. The number of cases during the first wave was 58,403 compared to 1,43,262 cases till June 27 during the second wave. Overall, there have been 2,475 deaths during the second wave compared to 982 during the first wave.