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Two private labs carried out genome sequencing of 72 per cent of Covid samples in the state from July to December 5, 2021. However, since then two government labs - the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), both part of the INSACOG network - have shouldered the responsibility of sequencing.
Forty-nine per cent of samples sequenced from Karnataka in December and January were found to have the more virulent Delta variant and its sub-lineages, according to data from the state government.
Hospitalisations of Covid-19 cases are up in Bengaluru, which is accounting for an average of 80% of all new infections as the third wave gathers steam in the state. Two groups the unvaccinated and senior citizens could exacerbate the problem and lead to bed shortages if the projected peak daily caseload of 40,000 to 1.2 lakh becomes a reality by February.
State genomic surveillance committee chairman and virologist Dr V Ravi and a team of 12 R&D personnel from Tata MD developed OmiSure, India's first indigenously developed Omicron testing kit.