Madhya Pradesh records first death from Delta Plus variant of Covid-19

  • 3 years ago
Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday reported its first Covid-19 death linked to the Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV-2. Genome sequencing of samples taken from a deceased Covid patient in Ujjain revealed that she had contracted the Delta Plus variant of the novel coronavirus.

A total of five confirmed cases of the Delta Plus variant have come to light in Madhya Pradesh to date. Three of those cases were reported from Bhopal and the remaining from Ujjain.

Out of the five Covid patients in MP who contracted the Delta Plus variant, four have recovered while one woman succumbed to the virus.

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