Mumbai Records First Death from Delta Plus Covid Variant

: Mumbai has reported its first death from the Delta Plus Covid variant. A 63-year-old woman died on July 27 after testing positive on July 21. She had several comorbidities including diabetes, according to officials. This is Maharashtra's second death from the Delta Plus after an 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri died last month. The Mumbai woman was fully vaccinated and among seven patients in the city whose reports turned out positive for the Delta Plus variant. The results of genome sequencing from the woman's samples arrived on Wednesday. Mumbai's civic body BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) started contacting the seven patients after receiving the results from the state health department. Two of her close contacts have also tested positive for the Delta Plus. She didn't have any travel history. The woman was on oxygen support and was administered steroids and Remdesivir, according to officials. The Delta Plus is a mutation of the Delta, the highly contagious Covid variant first detected in India. (NDTV)