Delta Variant Cases Mark 32% Weekly Increase In UK

Public Health England said its weekly analysis shows continued rise in infections is not followed by a similar increase in hospitalisations and deaths, which reflects a high protection offered by both doses of vaccine.

UK health officials said the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues as the dominant strain of coronavirus and marked a sharp increase in the UK with 54,268 more cases logged on Friday, which marks a 32 per cent increase over the previous week. Public Health England (PHE) said its weekly analysis shows the continued rise in infections is not followed by a similar increase in hospitalisations and deaths, which reflects a high protection offered by both doses of a coronavirus vaccine. In a separate study, PHE also found that all the vaccines being administered are as effective at preventing symptomatic disease in the majority of people with underlying health conditions as the rest of the population. "The data continues to show that the sharp increase in cases that we are seeing is not being followed by a similar increase in hospitalisation and death," said Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency.