Fully vaccinated Mumbai woman, infected with Delta Plus variant, dies
A 63-year-old woman infected with the Delta Plus variant of Kovid-19 died on Thursday. This is the first such death in the city.
Officials said the woman was fully vaccinated against the virus. However, she was also suffering from some other ailments.
The state recorded 6,388 new coronavirus cases and 208 fresh deaths on Thursday, taking the number of infections to 63,75,390 and the death toll to 1,34,572. Notably, the daily coronavirus infections in the state has crossed 6,000 after a gap of four days, while for the first time since July 31, the death toll has crossed the 200-mark.
According to the data released on Wednesday, there were 65 patients infected with the Delta Plus variant across the state. Seven of them were from Mumbai. Out of 65 such patients found so far in the state, maximum 33 cases are in the age group of 19 to 45 and 17 are in the age group of 46 to 60.
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