COVID-19: Rajasthan reports 11 cases of Kappa variant

Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Rajasthan reported 28 new COVID-19 cases

Jaipur:Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. This development has set the government thinking even as the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state is witnessing a noticeable decline. On Tuesday, Rajasthan reported 28 new COVID-19 cases.

Of the 11 Kappa cases, four cases are from Alwar and Jaipur each, two are reported from Barmer and one from Bhilwara, Sharma said, adding their genome sequencing test reports were obtained from labs in Delhi and Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Hospital. As many as 76 patients recovered on Tuesday while the active cases stood at 613

The Kappa variant is a moderate form of the coronavirus as compared to its delta variant, Sharma said.