Delta variant now accounts for 83% of new COVID-19 cases, CDC says

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Delta variant now accounts for 83% of new COVID-19 cases, CDC says
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The surge of the 'hypertransmissible' variant comes as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising.

The surge of the "hypertransmissible" variant comes as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise as the highly transmissible delta variant has become the dominant strain in the United States.The delta variant now accounts for more than 83% of new COVID-19 cases, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday.As of July 17, the latest date for which data was available, the delta variant accounted for 83.2% of new COVID-19 cases that had been genetically sequenced in the country.

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