WESTMINSTER, U.K., June 29, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Official statistics released by the U.K. government indicate that in those aged over 50, most cases and deaths connected to the Delta variant of COVID-19, which is reportedly spreading wildly throughout the country, were among those who had been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
A report, entitled “SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England,” was released June 25, 2021, by Public Health England as part of its ongoing series of briefings to the government. The paper focuses heavily on the Delta variant of COVID-19, which is described as the “dominant variant” in the U.K.
The tables of the report present details for the number of “positive cases” and deaths attributed to the Delta variant.
A grand total of 92,029 cases of the Delta variant were recorded between February 1 and June 21, 2021. Of this number, 6,242 people tested positive for the variant less than 21 days after their first injection. More than 21 days after the shot, 13,715 people tested positive.
A total of 7,235 people tested positive for the virus despite having had both injections.
In the age group of those older than 50, only 976 unvaccinated tested positive
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