The surge in Delta Variant cases in Great Britain is worrying: 22.868 infections in one day is the record since January.
Fortunately, vaccines are slowing down deaths (only 3) and hospitalizations, but cases are soaring. New peak in Covid infections in UK, fueled by the aggressive Delta variant imported from India: this is certified by the data released today by the British government with another 22.868 cases recorded in the last 24 hours (out of 1,2 million swabs), record in the country from 28 January.
This is a clear surge, although the effect of the vaccine continues to slow down its impact on hospital admissions, stable at around 1.500 in all departments of the Kingdom, and on daily deaths: which even drop to no more than 3, albeit lightened by the usual partial delay in collecting statistics relating to the weekend.
According to the indications of the last few days, the infections linked to the Delta mutation of coronavirus – now dominant on the island compared to the previous Alpha strain (formerly English), in a country where approximately half of all the genome tests (capable of tracing the variants) carried out in the world are carried out – have 99% of total new cases reached.
I vaccines administered have instead exceeded the 77 million mark: with the first dose inoculated to almost 85% of the resident adult population and boosters (in absolute figures over 32,5 million) to 62% of the over 18s. The further expansion of the percentage of vaccinated inhabitants, and the involvement in the mass campaign toEven among the youngest age groups, it is the weapon with which Boris Johnson's government is trying to leverage to consolidate the containment of this new variant, after having postponed the final stage of the exit from the lockdown restrictions from June 21 to July 19 at the earliest.
A stage that the Prime Minister and the new Health Minister, Sajid Javid, reiterated today that they hope to respect as a definitive deadline this time, but on which some experts remain cautious while waiting to see theEvolution of the trend of infections.
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Article published on 28 June 2021 - 19:11
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