Delta coronavirus variant, Public Health England data showed on Friday, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to delay the final lifting of lockdown restrictions.PHE said there had been 33,630 new cases of the Delta variant first identified in India in the week to June 16, taking the number of confirmed cases to 75,953, a 79 per cent increase on the previous total.
Delta COVID-19 variant: A look at the risks, symptoms and impact on vaccines “Cases are rising rapidly across the country and the Delta variant is now dominant,” said Jenny Harries, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency.“It is encouraging to see that hospitalisations and deaths are not rising at the same rate but we will continue to monitor it closely.”The Delta.