Experts estimate approximately 30 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the area are due to the Delta variant. Testing from the public health laboratory Wadsworth Center has confirmed cases involving the Delta variant are present in the Rochester area. It spread and cases started to spring up in March 2021, according to CDC researchers.Īs of early July, experts estimate more than half of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
When did Delta first appear?Įarly reports of cases involving the Delta variant began to surface in India back in December 2020. The Delta variant is the most contagious strain of the virus and can spread up to 225 percent more quickly than the COVID-19 virus, according to U.K. “Some mutations are nothing, some mutations are actually harmful to the virus, and some mutations make the virus more of a problem for us,” Dr. According to the CDC, there are four notable variants in the U.S.Įach of the variants is notable because it spreads more quickly and easier than the original virus. The COVID-19 virus has more than 200 variants. They provided some insight into the variant, how prevalent it is in the Rochester area, and how much cause there is for concern. Variants are different versions of a virus that grow like branches on a tree each one is different than others but share the same roots and trunk.Įmil Lesho, DO, and Edward Walsh, MD, are Infectious Disease specialists with Rochester Regional Health.
Of the new cases, a growing number appear to be linked to the Delta variant. Nearly 60 percent of the country’s population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and the number of new COVID-19 cases per day has fallen to levels that match the numbers in March 2020.
As summer begins, millions of people are readjusting to life after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have passed in the United States.
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