Covid Lombardia, Delta variant almost one out of two cases

The Delta variant in Lombardy represents almost one out of two covid infections. The Lombardy Region “has ordered the genotyping of all positive swabs since 18 June and in June the percentage of cases with the Delta variant was 11%, while in the current month of July it was found in 47% of they, confirming the current exchange between the Alpha and Delta variants “. According to what was communicated by the Directorate General for Welfare as of July 14, in the region “20,089 genotyping analyzes were performed on 17,683 patients and that 899 Lombard patients were detected with the Delta variant, or 5% of all patients subjected to the analyzes” To underline the importance of vaccination, “about 88% of citizens who tested positive did not receive any dose of vaccine, while the percentage of those who completed the vaccination cycle with the second dose is about 6% of patients. . These percentages are almost common to all variants, confirming the validity of full-cycle vaccination coverage “. The note “calls again for all those who have not yet joined the vaccination campaign to do so urgently”.