The variant sweeping the country is thought to be more transmissible than previous forms of COVID. So how concerned should we be?
also shows that COVID cases are on the rise in the U.S. On Tuesday, 31,815 new cases were reported in the country, up from 20,364 the previous day.Generally, the symptoms of the Delta variant are similar to those of earlier variants of COVID, and experts toldHowever, there are suggestions thatare more common in patients with the Delta variant than past forms of the virus.
The UK's ZOE COVID Symptom Study found that headache, sore throat and runny nose were the top three symptoms reported among unvaccinated people, whilst loss of smell and shortness of breath were now further down the list. The study was conducted when Delta was the dominant form of COVID in the U.K.
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