Covid-19 claims 4 million lives amid rising Delta variant risk: Report

Delta variant becoming globally dominant, says Swaminathan

Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations.
 
Even as the number of new cases and deaths have abated in countries like the United States and Britain, the Delta variant, first identified in India, is fast becoming the dominant strain around the world.
 
The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference: “The Delta variant is well on its way to becoming the dominant variant globally because of its increased transmissability.”
 
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