Mumbai: Delta and his descendants continue to be the most common SARS-COV variant in circulating in Mumbai, according to the fourth gene sequencing training conducted since August.
As a result, announced by BMC on Friday, showed 75% of the tested samples containing Delta variants and the rest were Delta derivatives.
Copating the results of the genome with clinical symptoms, BMC doctors say deltas and their derivatives only appear “a little invasive”.
“Compared to Delta, derivative infections and transmissions look lighter,” said a doctor.
Vaccination makes a difference, said the additional commissioner of BMC Suresh Kakani.
Of the 281 samples, only eight who took the first dose and 21 people who were fully vaccinated needed hospitalization due to 69 who were not vaccinated.
There were no deaths in a vaccinated group, and those who were not vaccinated had four deaths.
“There is no new variant of concern in Mumbai or Indian countries.
We must now concentrate on achieving Zero Covid’s death,” said Dr Shashank Joshi, who is a member of the Covid Country Task Force.
The possibility of the third wave with the absence of an interested new variant looks far.