New COVID 19 Variant Spreads Faster in Younger People
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More than 30,000 cases of the Delta COVID 19 Variant has been recorded in the UK by health officials within a week
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Cases of this variant in the UK have increased by 79% in the last week and it is found predominantly among younger people
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The first case of the Delta variant was recorded in India but it has since spread to other countries
The United Kingdom has recorded more than 30,000 cases of the Delta COVID 19 variant in the last week.
This represents a 79% increase from the recorded cases of this variant last week (33,630).
The total cases on Delta COVID 19 in the UK have now reached 75,953 which is 99% of the total coronavirus cases.
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The UK health security agency has now deduced that increase in the case is driven by the spread among young people.
The country recently announced to urge anyone above the age of 18 to go for vaccination and spot it from extending to older people.
Despite the variant’s dominance, only 70 deaths have been recorded among people with the Delta COVID 19 strain.
The health authorities claim that the fast spread of this virus among younger people is because a lower portion of them have received at least a dose of the COVID 19 jab.
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