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Delta variant infections doubling every 11 days in England, says study
Updated On: 18 June, 2021 07:48 AM IST | London | Agencies
Finds link between infections, hospitalisations and deaths had been weakening since Feb, but since late April, trend has reversed for hospitalisations
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A person walks by closed shops in Blackburn on Wednesday. The UK government on Monday announced a four-week delay to lifting restrictions due to rise in infections caused by Delta variant. Pic/AFP
The number of people infected with coronavirus is increasing rapidly in England, doubling every 11 days, which coincides with the Delta variant of Covid-19 becoming dominant in the country, a new study reports on Thursday.
The Imperial College London led Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) analysis, based on over 100,000 home swab tests taken between May 20 and June 7, estimates that 0.15 per cent of people have the deadly virus, or roughly 1 in 670.
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