01 July 2021, 04:07 pm
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) warns that Delta, the new hypertransmissible variant of the novel coronavirus, has increased the spread rate by up to 10%. Recently, various experts believed that it will soon be the most dominant virus strain.
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HOUSTON, TX - NOVEMBER 26: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Dr. Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. According to reports, Texas has reached over 1,220,000 cases, including over 21,500 deaths.
The health department confirmed this information on Thursday, July 1. CDC claimed that in the United States, COVID-19 cases are now 10% higher than the previous records. Aside from the new variant, CDC also explained that the nation's lagging vaccination activities also play a major role in the transmission rate increase.