3 deaths from Delta plus variant in Maharashtra, see first death from Mumbai

3 deaths from Delta plus variant in Maharashtra, see first death from Mumbai

Three deaths have been reported from Maharashtra from the Delta Plus Govt variant, including Mumbai, which is trying to ease tighter controls in the state in a month. The 63-year-old woman who died on July 27 is said to be Mumbai's first Delta Plus death.

The 69-year-old also died of a mutation in Raigad. An 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri died last month.

A Mumbai woman who tested positive on July 21 has been diagnosed with several infections, including diabetes, officials said. She was fully vaccinated and among seven patients in the city, Delta Plus reports turned out to be positive, a mutation of the highly contagious delta variant that led to the deadly second wave of Covit in April-May.

The results of the genetic sequencing from the Women samples came on Wednesday.

BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation), a civic body in Mumbai, started contacting seven patients after receiving the results of the state health department.

Both of her close contacts tested positive for Delta Plus. She has no travel history.

The woman was on oxygen support and was given steroids and remdecivir, officials said.

The state government has said that the Delta Plus variant across Maharashtra has been tested positively with seven samples from Mumbai and 13 more. There are three cases in Pune, two each in Nanded, Gondia, Raigad and paghar, and one each in Chandrapur and Akola.

Mutant Covid  strain was found in seven children and eight senior citizens. Maharashtra Health Department officials have been trying to trace those who have recently come in contact with the affected patients.

On Wednesday, the central government said Delta Plus had been diagnosed in 86 cases across the country but there had been no "rapid rise" so far.

Most were found in Maharashtra, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Sujit Singh, head of the National Center for Disease Control, told reporters at the Union Health Ministry conference.

“This variation, through its transmission, has not led to any major high-speed upsurge,” Mr Singh said.

The delta variant, first detected in India, caused a second wave of the deadly corona virus in April-May, which engulfed the country’s health infrastructure and left thousands frustrated with hospital beds, oxygen, drugs and vaccinations.

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