Delta variant of COVID-19 died in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri, district hospital confirmed. COVID-19 Delta variant was first identified in India.
Dr A L Sharma, Chief Medical Officer Of Health (CMOH) in Shivpuri, confirmed, One of the deceased was a frontline worker who was vaccinated against COVID-19.
Due to the increasing number of deaths in the district, as many as six samples from COVID-infected patients were sent to Delhi's National Centre of Disease Control for genome sequencing testing.
Out of six samples, four tested positive for the 'Delta' variant, he said. "Out of the six samples, four tested positive for Delta variant.