Cases of Covid variant from India more than double in a week in UK

Public Health officials said that they have now detected 3,424 cases of the variant which is up from 1,313 last week, and 520 a week earlier.

The number of U.K. cases of a worrying coronavirus variant from India more than doubled for a second week as authorities also monitor a new mutation of the virus, adding fresh doubt to U.K. plans to fully unlock the economy.

Health officials have now detected 3,424 cases of the B1.617.2 variant, also known as VOC-21APR-02, Public Health England said Thursday in a statement. That’s up from 1,313 last week, and 520 a week earlier. They’re also investigating a mutation called VUI-21MAY-01, with 49 cases logged so far.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last week that he was “anxious” about the