New Delhi: March 25, 2021 With 53,476 new coronavirus cases, India saw the biggest single-day jump in total infections in nearly five months as two states – Maharashtra and Gujarat – saw the highest-single day spike since the start of the pandemic. As the country continues to see a worrying surge in infections amid concerns over a second Covid wave, the government yesterday said a new “double mutant variant” of the coronavirus has been detected in 18 states in the country in addition to many other strains or variants of concern (VOCs) which have also been found abroad.
