Covid-19: First Case Of Kappa Variant Detected In UP

After two cases of Delta Plus variant strain reported in Deoria and Gorakhpur, a 66-year-old patient was detected with Kappa variant strain in UP’s Sant Kabir Nagar. Reportedly, the strain was found out during the genome sequencing exercise. Following the test, the sample was sent to CSIR’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi. However, the patient succumbed to death on June 14.