Mumbai: Adding to Maharashtra’s coronavirus crisis, an elderly patient succumbed to the ‘Delta Plus’ variant of the Covid-19 infection. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope informed an 80-year-old patient with “comorbidities” who succumbed to this variant of the coronavirus.
“Out of 21 delta plus COVID-19 type patients in Maharashtra, an 80-year-old has died with co-morbidity,” ANI quoted Tope as saying.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has expressed concern regarding the rise in Covid-19 cases as over 20 cases of ‘Delta Plus’ variant have been reported in the state so far.
Thackeray has directed health department officials to focus on seven districts, including Kolhapur, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Hingoli and Raigad, which are witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases.
The officials have also been directed to upgrade the health infrastructure of the state in view of the ‘Delta Plus’ variant, the prevailing second Covid-19 wave and the risk of third wave.
Earlier, a woman from Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh succumbed to this Delta Plus version of coronavirus on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh now has at least seven confirmed cases of the new Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus, while two patients have died.
The ‘Delta Plus’ variant formed due to mutation in delta or B.1.617.2 variant has been declared as a variant of concern in India.
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