
New Delhi: Corona is wreaking havoc in the country at this time. For the past several days, more than 3 lakh cases of corona infection are being reported in India every day. In these, different variants of Corona are taking the lives of people in different parts. This information was given by Sujit Singh, director of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC). He said that most people in North India are currently infected with the British variant of the virus, while the 'double mutant' variant of the virus is wreaking havoc in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka. However, the proportion of people infected in the country with the B1.1.7 variant (British variant) of the SARS Cov-2 virus has decreased by 50 percent in the last month.
British variant havoc in these states
Sujit Singh said in a press conference on Wednesday that the British variant of the virus is infecting the most people in North India, including Punjab (482 samples), Delhi (516 samples), followed by Telangana (192 samples), Maharashtra. (83) and Karnataka (82). He told that 10 top government laboratories and institutes have been doing genome sequencing (sequencing) of the Coronavirus since December last year. He informed that genome sequencing of 18,053 samples has been done so far.
The effect of double mutants in these states
He said that information related to genome sequencing was shared with the states twice in February and four times in March-April. According to Sujit Singh, the double mutant, also known as B.1.617, is mainly affecting Maharashtra (721 samples), West Bengal (124), Delhi (107), and Gujarat (102).
South African variants were also found at these places
The South African type of virus was mainly affected in Telangana and Delhi. It is known as B.1.315. He told that the Brazilian type was found only in Maharashtra and its ratio is negligible.
Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in the 19th match of IPL 2025. After
Support for the Waqf Amendment Act proved costly, mob set BJP leader Askar Ali's house on fire.
In Manipur, BJP leaders had to pay a heavy price for supporting the Waqf Amendment Act. The mob s
Cryptocurrency: The crypto market is back again, bitcoin crosses $ 20000, ethereum climbs 12 percent
For some time now, the crypto market was taking out the tears of investors every day, but now it
High-end Italian fashion brand Gucci has become the first major fashion brand in the world to sta
Cyclone Yaa's severe cyclone Yas entered Jharkhand at 2 pm. After this, the state is receiving he
Maha Kumbh is going to be organized in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Preparations for the Kumbh Mela
OnePlus to Launch New 5G Smartphone Tomorrow with 8,000mAh Battery and MediaTek Chipset
OnePlus is set to expand its smartphone portfolio with the launch of the OnePlus N6 in India on J
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (December 8) once again attacked former Congress Presi
The film 'Laapataa Ladies', directed by Kiran Rao, may not have performed very&nbs
Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia on Thursday. The impass