Tuesday recorded 39,510 new cases, 480 deathsThe State on Tuesday recorded 86 new double mutant (B.1.617) cases taking the total number of cases with this strain to 148. This is apart from the 86 U.K. strain and six South African strain cases reported so far. V. Ravi, nodal officer for genomic confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in Karnataka, told The Hindu that most of these 86 are from Bengaluru. Detected first in India, this double mutant COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has been reported in 44 countries now. New casesKarnataka on Tuesday reported 39,510 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total to 20,13,193.

Source: The Hindu May 11, 2021 21:22 UTC