B.1.617 variant dominant Covid mutant strain in India, accounts for 55% of total ‘variants of concern’ detected

Of the total 25,739 Covid-19 positive samples sequenced by INSACOG till Monday morning, 9,508 samples have been found to have VoC. The B.1.617 variant - which was first detected in Maharashtra and found to have high transmissibility - was found in 5,261 samples, making it one of the most common mutations detected till now.