Rajasthan reports 11 cases of Kappa variant of Covid-19

Eleven cases of the Kappa variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. Sharma said out of the 11 patients, four are from Alwar and Jaipur each, two from Barmer and one is from Bhilwara. While the IGIB lab in Delhi confirmed the presence of the Kappa variant in nine samples through genome sequencing, the rest two samples were confirmed by SMS Medical College and Hospital in Jaipur.