Some reports claimed that there have been three cases of Kappa variant in Uttar Pradesh and the first patient, a 66-year-old resident of Sant Kabir Nagar, has succumbed to the disease. According to the Union health ministry's June data, there were 3,969 Alpha, 149 Beta, 1 Gamma, and 16,238 Delta and Kappa variant cases in India. According to the World Health Organizations's site on tracking SARS-Cov-2, the Kappa variant was first detected in India in October 2020. Like Lambda, which has already spread in 30 countries across the world, Kappa is a variant of interest. Yes, like Delta, Kappa is referred to as a double mutant because of two mutations -- EE484Q and L452R.

Source: Hindustan Times July 09, 2021 09:51 UTC