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ABSTRACT A combination of mutations (changes) in a virus results in various variants.VoCs are variants that have a much greater transmissibility, can escape vaccine response partially or can become resistant to established drugs. The Delta Plus variant is a further mutated form of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) which originated in India and was predominantly responsible for its second wave. Cases of the Delta Plus variant have been found in Ratnagiri and Jalgaon districts of Maharashtra. One-odd cases have been found in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. The latest available data from the end of May and early June indicates the prevalence of the Delta variant in the U.S., the Netherlands and Germany was in the 2% to 10% range. Surveillance data from the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands indicates the Delta variant is growing by about a factor of 2 to 3 every two weeks. The treatment for those infected by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is as per others infected by COVID-19.