Madhya Pradesh records first death from Delta Plus variant of Covid-19

Genome sequencing has confirmed that a Covid patient who succumbed to the virus in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on May 23 had contracted the Delta Plus variant.

Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday reported its first Covid-19 death linked to the Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV-2. Genome sequencing of samples taken from a deceased Covid patient in Ujjain revealed that she had contracted the Delta Plus variant of the novel coronavirus.

A total of five confirmed cases of the Delta Plus variant have come to light in Madhya Pradesh to date. Three of those cases were reported from Bhopal and the remaining from Ujjain.

Out of the five Covid patients in MP who contracted the Delta Plus variant, four have recovered while one woman succumbed to the virus.

Ujjain's nodal Covid officer Dr Raunak told Aaj Tak/India Today that reports from Bhopal confirmed how Ujjain had two cases of the Delta Plus variant.

The Covid victim who contracted the Delta Plus variant in Ujjain died on May 23, said Dr Raunak. He added that her husband had tested positive for Covid-19 before the woman. Officials also found that the husband had received both doses of the vaccine while the woman was yet to receive the jab.

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