The Delta Plus Covid version has claimed its first victim in Mumbai. After testing positive on July 21, a 63-year-old lady died on July 27. According to officials, she had a number of comorbidities, including diabetes.
After an 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri died from the Delta Plus last month, this is Maharashtra’s second death from the virus.
The Mumbai woman was properly vaccinated and was one of seven patients in the city whose Delta Plus variant tests were positive.
The results of the woman’s samples’ genomic sequencing arrived on Wednesday.
After obtaining the data from the state health department, Mumbai’s civic body, BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation), began contacting the seven patients.
Two of her close friends tested positive for the Delta Plus as well. She had no prior travel experience.
According to officials, the woman was put on oxygen and given steroids and Remdesivir.
The Delta Plus is a mutation of the Delta, a highly contagious Covid type discovered in India for the first time.
According to the Maharashtra government, 13 more samples have tested positive for the Delta Plus variety, in addition to the seven from Mumbai.
Pune has three cases, Nanded, Gondia, Raigad, and Palghar each have two, and Chandrapur while Akola each have one.
This brings the total number of Delta Plus patients to 65.
Seven children and eight senior individuals were also found to have the mutant Covid strain. Officials from Maharashtra’s health department are attempting to track down anybody who may have recently came into contact with infected patients.
The Delta Plus has been found in 86 cases across the country, according to the federal government, but there has been no “exponential rise” so far.
Sujit Singh, the chief of the National Centre for Disease Control, told reporters at a Union Health Ministry briefing that Maharashtra had the most cases, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
“Through its propagation, this variety has not resulted in any huge exponential rise,” Mr Singh added.
