Coronavirus variant Omicron and its subtypes are driving the surge in Delhi, according to government sources. Samples that underwent genome sequencing have shown the presence of BA.2.12.1 and 9 other subtypes of Omicron variant of the coronavirus, they added.
After witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, Delhi had started genome sequencing of samples of all COVID-19 infected people in the national capital to ascertain if a new variant, such as the XE variant, had started spreading in the city.