New Covid strain found in 18 states: Centre

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A new “double mutant variant” of the coronavirus has been detected in 18 states in the country in addition to many other strains or variants of concern which have also found abroad, the health ministry said today.

“Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establish a direct relationship or explain the rapid increase in cases in some States,” the ministry said.

Out of 10,787, the British variant has been reported in 736 samples in India. The South African strain of coronavirus has been detected in 34 people in the country and the Brazil variant has been seen in one sample, the government said.