Delta Plus variant: One case in Mysuru

One case of Delta Plus variant was reported on June 2 from Mysuru, confirmed V. Ravi, nodal officer for genomic confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in Karnataka. “The sample was collected in May and sent to th

One case of Delta Plus variant was reported on June 2 from Mysuru, confirmed V. Ravi, nodal officer for genomic confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in Karnataka. “The sample was collected in May and sent to the genome sequencing lab in NIMHANS from Mysuru. The variant was not named Delta Plus then. The male patient was asymptomatic and had not been vaccinated. We have been told that he is doing fine now,” said Dr. Ravi. That apart, a sample from Tamil Nadu tested at the NCBS/in-STEM genome sequencing lab in Bengaluru has reported a Delta Plus case, he said. The highly contagious Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has mutated further to form the ‘Delta Plus’ or ‘AY.1’ variant. The new Delta plus variant has been formed due to a mutation in the Delta or B.1.617.2 variant, first identified in India and one of the drivers of the deadly second wave.