163 cases of new COVID-19 variant XFG found in India, says INSACOG
New Delhi: According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, India's active Covid case tally crossed the 6,000 mark, with 769 new cases reported in the last 48 hours. Some of these infections have been linked to a newly emerging COVID-19 variant XFG.
About 163 cases of the newly emerging COVID 19 variant XFG have been detected in India so far, according to INSACOG data.
The recombinant XFG variant harbours four key spike mutations and has achieved rapid global spread following its initial detection in Canada, according to an article in The Lancet journal.
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According to data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), the XFG variant of the COVID-19-causing virus has been found in a total of 163 samples -- highest (89) in Maharashtra, followed by Tamil Nadu (16), Kerala (15), Gujarat (11), and Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal (six each), news agency PTI reported.
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