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Delta. COVID-19 variant Delta was less contagious than Omicron and is not currently circulating, explains Dr. Kasson. Though Delta caused about twice as many infections as its predecessors ...
The Delta variant (B.1.617.2) was [3] [4] a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in India on 5 October 2020. The Delta variant was named on 31 May 2021 and had spread to over 179 countries by 22 November 2021.
More and more cases of omicron are being detected in the U.S. but the delta variant is still driving the cases in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic was the third leading cause of death globally in 2020 and the second in 2021, according to a recent World Health Organization report.The almost 13 million lives lost during ...
The variant, called "Delta with K417N" by Public Health England, includes two clades corresponding to the Pango lineages AY.1 and AY.2. [151] It has been nicknamed "Delta plus" [152] from "Delta plus K417N". [153] The name of the mutation, K417N, refers to an exchange whereby lysine (K) is replaced by asparagine (N) at position 417. [154]
The lockdown resulted in the state recording zero active cases of COVID-19 in November 2020. [citation needed] Victoria entered its fourth lockdown on 28 May 2021 [26] [27] in response to an outbreak of the Delta variant. [28] Originally scheduled for seven days, the lockdown was extended to two weeks and lifted on 10 June. [29]
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COVID-19 cases and deaths by region, in absolute figures and rates per million inhabitants as of 25 December 2022; Region [30] Total cases Total deaths Cases per million Deaths per million Current weekly cases Current weekly deaths Population millions Vaccinated % [31] European Union: 179,537,758: 1,185,108: 401,363: 2,649: 886,074: 3,985 ...