Category: B.1.617
Japan: Delta sub-lineage AY.29 found in 88% of samples
In the present study, we report a new sub-lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant called AY.29, which has C5239T and T5514C mutations. More...
BBC Wales: 88% vaccine breakthrough in Covid hospitalisations
This is how the BBC announces a near 88% vaccine breakthrough rate for Covid-19 hospitalizations in Wales: BBC: “Nearly 13% of hospital patients with confirmed Covid were unvaccinated. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 22nd September 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 22nd September 2021. More...
Israel: 56% of new Covid cases are in schoolchildren
“The majority of new Covid cases each day are among school-age children, most of whom are not vaccinated against COVID-19. More...
California: 159,253 vaccine breakthrough cases, 4,252 hospitalized, 622 deaths
Between January 01, 2021 and September 19, 2021 in California, out of over 23.5 million fully vaccinated individuals, 159,253 post-vaccination cases have been identified. More...
32% of world’s population is fully vaccinated, but the global case fatality rate is increasing again
32 percent of the population of the globe has now been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, but the global case fatality rate has started increasing again – for the first time in four months. More...
Massachusetts: Vaccine breakthrough cases double in one month to 32,345
Massachusetts vaccine breakthrough case numbers have more than doubled in one month, from 15,739 breakthrough cases on the 25th August 2021, to 32,345 on September 22nd 2021. More...
New York: 66,200 vaccine breakthrough cases, 5,604 hospitalizations
New York’s overall vaccine breakthrough case count had reached about 66,200, including 5,604 hospitalizations, newly reported state numbers show. More...
Chile: Delta variant doubles to 60% in just two weeks, outcompetes Gamma, Lambda, MU
The Delta variant, which was first detected in Chile just two months ago, is now found in 61% of all genome samples. More...
China continues with its Zero-Covid policy
Public health observers are confident that China’s “zero tolerance” COVID-19 policy will safeguard the country to withstand epidemic flare-ups, although the outbreak in East China’s Fujian Province is still intense and Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province reported three fresh cases on Tuesday during the national holidays to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival. More...