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United Kingdom: 90% more infections in a week, the Indian variant worries
Covid -19, no deaths in the United Kingdom: it is the first time since the beginning of the pandemic
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11 June 2021 In England alone, a total of 42 people have died so far from the Delta variant of Covid-19 (i.e. the Indian one) and of these 12 had received double doses of the vaccine for at least 14 days. As for the others, 23 were unvaccinated and seven had received their first dose for at least 21 days. The data are published by Public Health England (Phe) cited by the
Guardian
, which also confirms that 90% of new cases in England are due to the Delta mutation, which shows a 60% higher spread rate in the family setting than the variant. Alpha. In total, according to Phe, 42,323 infections with Delta variant (detected for the first time in India) were confirmed, up from 29,892 last week.
In fact, the so-called Indian variant constitutes 90% of the new cases registered in Great Britain, without however the higher contagiousness resulting in a proportionately higher number of hospitalizations, thanks also to the effects of the vaccination campaign.