India says UK COVID-19 variant cases declining, local variant up in some states

People are seen at a crowded marketplace in a slum area in Mumbai

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has seen fewer cases of infections by the coronavirus variant first spotted in Britain in recent weeks but more by a local variant in some states, Sujeet Kumar, the director of the National Centre for Disease Control, said on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Tanvi Mehta and Anuron Kumar Mitra; Editing by Andrew Heavens)