Updated: Mon 24th May Wales managing ‘Indian variant’ cases as ‘clusters’ as situation kept under review by Welsh Government There are now 57 confirmed cases of the B.1.617.2 so called “Indian variant” of coronavirus in Wales. However these are being treated as “clusters” and can all be traced back to points of travel, Wales’ Chief Medical Officer, Dr Frank Atherton today confirmed. Cases have been confirmed all all health board areas across Wales – excluding Powys – with many in the Cardiff and Vale area. Five incidences have been found in the North Wales region, all of which can be linked back to one identified traveller.