Covid Delta Variant Is Spreading Fastest In These U.S. States
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has analysed data collected from 25 U.S. states over four weeks to June 5, and concluded that the states with the highest proportions of the Delta variant—or B.1.617.2—are Missouri at 29.9 percent, Colorado at 12.2 percent and New Jersey at 10.2 percent. The CDC data only covers states with at least 300 sequences from collected specimens. This process, genomic sequencing, enables scientists to monitor the coronavirus’ shifts into new variants and how these changes affect its characteristics....