By the end of the month, the Delta (B1617.2) variant will likely become an even more dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States, as the more transmissible variant now accounts for 51.7% of all new COVID-19 cases in the country, CNN reports.
The Alpha (B117) variant now accounts for 28.7% of cases.The variant, first identified in India, has swept across the globe and caused delayed reopening throughout the United Kingdom.The United States reported 23,839 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, and 338 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker.
In total, the country has the most confirmed cases and deaths in the world, with 33,758,758 recorded infections, and 606,121 fatalities.Case counts rise in South, WestAcross the southern