80% sample sent for genome sequence turned out to be Delta variant of coronavirus, says report

• Wednesday | 11th August, 2021

The figures were 81.7 per cent and 88. 6 per cent in May and June, respectively, while in April it was detected in 53.9 per cent. The Delta variant (B.1.617.2) is a sublineage of the Kappa variant that was first detected in Maharashtra.