The ‘Delta variant’ accounts for 99% of new infections in the UK
Cases of Covid of the Indian variant "Delta" have increased by 80% in a week and nearly 76,000 people have now contracted the mutated strain in the UK, according to official data revealed by public services.
A report from Public Health England revealed that the fast-spreading strain has now completely taken over and constitutes 99% of all infections nationwide. The number of people admitted to hospital after taking the variant has more than doubled to 806 from 383. On the plus side, however, the number of deaths and hospitalizations has not grown with its spread.
The variant, which experts believe is about 60% more transmissible than the Kent strain (the "English variant") that dominates during the winter, has triggered a surge in cases that led Boris Johnson to revise his relaxation plan and make it softer.
PHE's report today showed that, since the variant was first discovered in April, the majority of cases have been found in Bolton in Greater Manchester, where 4,684 positive tests had been linked to the strain by June 14. . The growth was therefore very rapid and the delta strain, more contagious, overtook the indigenous one. A case of Darwinian selection in real time.
Other hardest hit areas were also the north of England or the Midlands, with Manchester (3,102), Blackburn (2,762), Birmingham (1,948) and Leeds (1,642) filling the five most affected places.
The variant is less common in rural areas, mainly in the South West, with the fewest cases found in Torridge, Devon and North Devon, both of which have fewer than five cases each, and West Devon (5), South Hams, also in Devon (6) and North Norfolk (6).
The head of the UK's Health Security Agency Dr Jenny Harries said: 'Cases are increasing rapidly across the country and the Delta variant is now dominant … It is encouraging to see that hospitalizations and deaths are not they increase at the same rate ”. So the variant, following a classic evolution in viruses, appears as more contagious, but less dangerous. Furthermore, it seems that the same does not affect those who have received a complete vaccination, even if it is possible to be infected with only the partial vaccination.
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