Genome sequencing by INSACOG shows a novel variant in India

Hours after India registered the highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases this year, the health ministry said that genome sequencing by INSACOG showed variants of concern and a novel variant of the virus in India. Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (ISACOG) is a multi-agency network to monitor the genome variations in the virus across the country.

India had on Wednesday recorded 47,262 fresh coronavirus cases in a day, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,17,34,058, the Union health ministry said.

The active caseload registered an increased for the 14th day in row and was recorded at 3,68,457, comprising 3.14% of the total infections, while the recovery rate further dropped to 95.49%, the ministry data updated at 8 a.m. said. The Hindu