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Delta Plus Cases Increased 6 times in 15 days: 13 Mutations so far

4Sep

By Nikita Dhyani1 Comment

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Delta Plus Cases Increased 6 times in 15 days: 13 Mutations so far

In some states of the country including Kerala, the second wave is still persisting due to the seriousness of the situation. In such a situation, INSAC has released a shocking report about the situation in the last three weeks. According to this, not only has there been a six-fold increase in the cases of Delta Plus during the last 15 days but so far 13 mutations have been reported from the Delta variant alone and each has been confirmed in India. Scientists have also succeeded in identifying 856 such samples. Also, read| The Venom of this Snake can Stop Corona from Growing in the Body The virus has not calmed down, it can show effect anytime According to the report, genome sequencing of more than 10,000 samples was done between August 9 and 31, in which a 6.44-fold increase has...

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