NIH detects S African, Brazilian variants Top Story May 2, 2021 LAHORE: Ninety percent of coronavirus cases detected in Punjab over the last three months have been of the UK variant of COVID-19, sources in the province's health department told Geo News on Saturday. The health department's figures show that 13,800 cases were reported in February, 36,600 infections were detected in March and 34,400 cases were registered in April — taking the positive cases past 80,000. The sources said 90% of the cases in the last three months were of the UK variant, and 10% were of the Wuhan variant. They said the province had not detected the presence of Brazilian or South African variants.