Second wave of coronavirus not yet over in India, says health ministry

Second coronavirus wave is not yet over in India as there are still 75 districts with more than 10 per cent prevalence of virus, 92 districts with 5-10 per cent prevalence, the government said on Friday.

Addressing a briefing on the coronavirus situation in the country, health ministry officials said around 48 Delta plus variant cases were detected from 45,000 samples sequenced so far in India. Maharashtra has the highest number of cases at 20.

"Proportion of coronavirus cases with variants of concern have risen from 10.31 per cent in May, 2021 to 51 per cent on June 20, 2021," officials further