Delta variant accounts for 97.6% of new COVID infections in Bangkok

[snoop1130]

Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP

 

97.6% of the COVID-19 cases in Bangkok, randomly checked by the Medical Sciences Department, are the easily transmissible Delta variant while, in the provinces, the same variant accounts for 93% of the infections.

 

The department’s Director-General, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, said today (Monday) that 1,577 cases were tested last week and, of these, 1,417 were found to be the Delta variant, representing 93% of all the cases. There were 75 cases of the Alpha variant and 31 of the Beta strain.

 

He admitted that the Delta variant has become the dominant COVID strain, which has spread to every province in Thailand, while the Beta variant is confined to some southern provinces.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/delta-variant-accounts-for-97-6-of-new-covid-infections-in-bangkok/

 

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[gk10012001]

but these were the cases that went for treatment.  What about the thousands of other cases that may have the variant but did not go and report anywhere about it?  Be careful with the figures.  And can one have more than one variant at the same time? 

[EricTh]

More than 90% are delta variant? Then why are we vaccinated with the vaccines targeting the earlier variants?

[ronster]

How has this managed to mutate into so many variants in such a short time and become deadlier ?

Never heard of anything that mutated into so many variants in such a limited time frame .

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

97.6% of the COVID-19 cases in Bangkok, randomly checked by the Medical Sciences Department, are the easily transmissible Delta variant while, in the provinces, the same variant accounts for 93% of the infections.

But Sinovac is the go-to first vaccine shot for many?

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, EricTh said:

More than 90% are delta variant? Then why are we vaccinated with the vaccines targeting the earlier variants?

It's all they've got.

[hotchilli]

22 minutes ago, ronster said:

How has this managed to mutate into so many variants in such a short time and become deadlier ?

Never heard of anything that mutated into so many variants in such a limited time frame .

You have now.. 

[EricTh]

57 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

But Sinovac is the go-to first vaccine shot for many?

 

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/emea/four-types-covid-19-vaccine-snapshot

 

 

Edited September 7, 2021 by EricTh