Coronavirus: the UK reports 35,204 cases of Delta Variant in last week
New Delhi: The British health authority in the last seven days reported 35,204 new cases of the Delta Variant of the coronavirus, which is a 46 percent increase.
The total number of confirmed cases of the variant now stands at 111,157. Delta variant now comprises 95 percent of all sequenced cases.
Last week, it made up 99 percent of new COVID-19 cases across Britain.
Meanwhile, Public Health England said, “The current vaccines continue to have a crucial effect on hospital admission and death, adding there is currently no evidence that this new variant causes more severe disease or renders vaccines less effective. A total of 117 people have died in England having the Delta variant, eight of which were people under the age of 50.”
When the world thought that an end might be near for the deadly coronavirus, another dangerous variant, Delta Plus, has been spotted by the experts.
The deadly coronavirus broke out in the last months of 2019 and took over the world in the early months of 2020, sending almost every country around the globe in a complete lockdown. As the countries stopped functioning, economies took a huge hit and people struggled to maintain physical and mental wellbeing.
Delta Plus (B.1.617.2.1/(AY.1) is a new mutant strain of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 and has emerged as a new threat, especially in India. While the Delta variant, which was first detected by scientists in India, became a problem for the whole world, Delta Plus is currently limited to smaller areas in the country and is still under investigation.
Experts believe Delta Plus has increased transmissibility but it is still not very clear as to how virulent this new strain is in comparison to other variants.
