COVID-19: 90% Samples Test Positive For Delta Plus Variant In Tripura

Agartala: Tripura’s chief nodal officer said that at least 90 per cent of samples tested for genome sequencing found to be containing a highly transmissible Delta Plus variant.

Tripura, the first northeastern state to report the new strain, now has 138 cases of Delta Plus Variant out of 161 cases reported from across the country.

“About 151 samples were sent to a government laboratory in West Bengal. As many as 138 or 90 per cent of these samples have found to contain the Delta plus variant,” COVID nodal officer of Tripura, Dr Deep Debbarma was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

The state health department, during the press conference held late on Friday, said that few samples also tested positive for the Delta and Alpha variants. “While 10 samples had Delta variants, three contained Alpha variants,” said the health official.

“115 of the samples that contained the Delta Plus variants were found in west district alone while 8 samples in Sepahijala district, Gomati district (5 samples), Unakoti district (4 samples) and 2 each in North and South districts contained Delta Plus variant,” Debbarma said.

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