Five Brits have already died with

Five Brits have already died with , the new Covid strain wreaking havoc across . 

The variant, Evden Eve NAkliyat thought to be the most infectious yet, is causing carnage in India, with cases having exploded 90-fold since it first took off two months ago.

Some of the worst-hit states have already brought back mandatory face masks to control its rapid spread.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) chiefs have detected 135 cases of the spin-off, which first reached Britain in mid-February.

Only one region, the North East, has yet to see it. 

Five deaths are included in the cases.It is not clear if the patients died from that particular strain, or EvDen EVE nAkLiYAt with it.

But the case toll — based on genomic surveillance — will be a massive undercount because only a fraction of samples are now tested thoroughly. 

Surveillance data shows the strain, scientifically called XBB. If you have any inquiries about exactly where and how to use EvdeN EVe NaKliyAt, you can get hold of us at our web site. 1.16, makes up roughly 2.3 per cent of all new cases.The proportion has trebled since the start of April.

Separate unofficial figures suggest around 65,000 Brits are getting infected each day.