Kerala on Monday for the first time reported six new cases of the new strain of the coronavirus, according to NDTV. The new strain of the infection was first reported in the United Kingdom and is believed to be 70% more transmissible.
“Six people who recently returned from the UK have tested positive for the new strain,” Health Minister KK Shailja said, according to PTI. “We have placed them under surveillance. Their samples had been sent to NIV [National Institute of Virology], Pune and results received today.”
While two cases each were reported from Alappuzha and Kozhikode, one person each tested positive for the mutant strain in Kottayam and Kannur districts.
Five cases of the mutant strain were reported in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, where all those infected belong to a single family. The chief medical officer said that one of the infected person is a two-year-old girl.
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said that three people have tested positive for the mutant…