Delta variant reaches Peshawar, says official July 18, 2021 PESHAWAR: A senior official said on Saturday that Delta variant of coronavirus had reached Peshawar as a woman from the city had been diagnosed with the Indian virus. Provincial Secretary Health Syed Imtiaz Hussain said that a 38-year old woman from Peshawar had been diagnosed with the deadly Indian virus. He said the health department had sent samples of seven patients to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad for sequencing of the virus. A 24-year old resident of Upper Dir was diagnosed with the South African variant of coronavirus, while three women who belong to Peshawar, Kohat and Kurram were tested positive for the UK variant of the infectious disease.