Delta variant may have caused widespread COVID-19 infection in TN : Study.

A recent study on the genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 released by the Tamil Nadu government’s Health Department shows that the widespread infection in the state may have been caused due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus. 

The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Chennai released the results of the study conducted on genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 . 

The study showed that out of the 554 samples tested from December 2020 to May 2021, 386 samples were found to contain the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), amounting to 70% of  all samples. 

Meanwhile, the Alpha variant, which first surfaced in Britain in January this year, showed 8.5% spread. 

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government on Sunday said that the lockdown has extended till 6 am on june 28 while announcing more relaxations.