(06 July 2021) According to GISAID Initiative, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, first found in India in April 2021, had been detected at least in 80 countries by the end of June. The Delta* variant is considered by scientists to be more contagious than the COVID-19 strains identified previously. According to a statement from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modeling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O), the Delta variant can have a 40% transmission advantage over the Alpha variant, which was already 50% more transmittable that the strain first registered in China in the end of 2019.
Cross-country comparisons between the spread of the Delta variant, measured by the share of SARS-CoV-2 samples sequenced from June 1 to June 29 that were identified as a Delta variant, and growth in new COVID-19 cases and deaths suggests that the Delta variant is contributing to new COVID-19 upsurges:
*Includes the Delta and Delta Plus variants
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