Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday that the Delta variant, first identified in India, now accounts for 83 per cent of newly sequenced COVID-19 cases in the U.S. She said it’s a “dramatic increase,” up from 50 per cent the week of July 3 and the percentage is even higher in some parts of the country, particularly in areas of low vaccination rate.
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