Maharashtra, adding that currently 6,33,748 are in home quarantine and 4,248 are in institutional quarantine. On Friday, Maharashtra became the first state to register a death due to the Delta Plus variant.
The state also has the highest number of cases of Delta Plus variant in the country at 20. Following the development, Maharashtra government ordered malls and cinema halls to close in order to curb the spread of this more transmissible variant.Never miss a story!