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Karabulut said:UK : 8,443,889 (up from 8,192,541 / +251,348 / 3.1%) - 138,940 deaths (+801)- avg daily: cases (+35,907) / deaths (+114)
Last week's stats had UK in the #2 position. Apparently, there's a new variant (AY.4.2) in the UK that is driving up cases there. PCR testing has shown that the new variant accounts for about 6% of the new cases in the UK.
The delta variant has a mutation that's worrying experts: Here's what we know so far [CNBC]
A newly-discovered mutation of the delta variant is being investigated in the U.K. amid worries that it could make the virus even more transmissible and undermine Covid-19 vaccines further.
Still, there are many unknowns surrounding this descendent or subtype of the delta variant — formally known as AY.4.2 — which some are dubbing the new "delta plus" variant.
U.K. government health officials have said it's too early to tell whether the mutation poses a greater risk to public health than the delta variant, which itself is significantly more infectious than the original Covid-19 strain (and its successor, the alpha variant).

