Delta Italia variant, growing infections: the latest data

Delta variant of covid in Italy, infections are growing and the first estimates arrive on the spread of the mutation in our territory. The new rapid survey, conducted by the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health together with the regional laboratories and the Bruno Kessler Foundation and whose results were released yesterday, speaks of a prevalence of 22.7% for the former Indian variant , identified in 16 Regions and Autonomous Provinces, with a range between 0 and 70.6%. Read also “The growth in the prevalence of the Delta variant is an expected figure, which must be monitored with great attention”, said the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, commenting on the data. “It is essential to continue the systematic tracking of cases to identify the outbreaks, which at this moment is made possible by the low incidence – adds Brusaferro – and to complete the vaccination cycle as quickly as possible since, as confirmed yesterday by the EMA, this guarantees the best protection “. English and Brazilian variant in Italy” The prevalence of the so-called Alpha (B.1.1.7) “or English” variant of Sars-CoV-2 was 57.8%, down compared to 88.1% of May 18, with values ​​ranging between the individual regions between 16.7% and 100%. On the same date, the so-called Gamma (P.1) “or Brazilian” variant had a prevalence of 11.8 % (with a range between 0 and 37.5%, while in the previous survay it was 7.3%) “, again indicates the analysis. The survey – however, the ISS specifies – integrates routine monitoring activities, and therefore does not contain all the cases of variants detected, but only those relating to the day taken into consideration. The so-called Kappa variant, for example, one of the Delta subtypes, was not found in the flash survey – we read – but several cases were reported on the integrated platform which instead collects the analyzes day by day.