CDC: Delta variant now dominant in the US

As of July 3, 2021 the CDC estimated that the “highly transmissible” Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of SARS-CoV-2 to be the dominant variant in the United States, accounting for 51.7 percent of cases/infections.  It overtook the alpha (B.1.1.7) variant, which accounted for 28.7% of cases. Two weeks prior Delta was around 20% of cases. [1, 2]

At this point the US has nearly 160 million people fully vaccinated, out of a population of approx. 330 million.  This accounts for around 67% of adults who’ve had at least 1 dose and 58.4 with 2 doses, where an average of 0.73 million doses/day are being administered.  Health officials alleged concerns is they are seeing “relatively big spikes” in regions with low vaccination rates.

The variant had spread to 104 countries, including Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Portugal.  Delta is predominant in the UK [3]

With the Delta variant the WHO still want the vaccinated to wear a mask!