Delta variant, Ecdc: “Infections on more than 4 times by 8 August”

“A sharp increase in Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus infections, linked to the spread of the Delta variant, is expected in the coming weeks by the ECDC, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. In its latest surveillance report, the ‘Stockholm-based agency predicts that the number of cases in the European Economic Area (the 27 EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) will rise to 622.9 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the first week of August: over 4 times more than to the 144.6 cases / 100 thousand expected by the end of this week. The 7-day incidence was 89.6 infections / 100 thousand last week (the number 27, ended July 11), destined according to the ECDC to rise precisely to 144.6 / 100 thousand at the end of the current one (week 28 ending on July 18), then to 262.2 (week 29, July 25), 420.4 (week 30, August 1) , up to 622.9 in week 31 (August 2-8) Infections grow in the younger age groups ili. The ECDC also predicts an increase in deaths from Covid-19: they will be 10.5 per million in the first week of August, against 6.8 / mln last week (the 27th).