The Delta variant represents "about 20% of new cases diagnosed in France": this is the warning launched this morning by the French Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, speaking on radio France Info.
The Delta variant continued, "it becomes progressively dominant" .
"It is progressing compared to other viruses. We need to remain very vigilant," he added.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Russia rose by 652 in the past 24 hours from 611 deaths the previous day, bringing the total to 134,545 deaths. The national coronavirus crisis center makes this known. This is the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The provisional mortality rate is 2.45%. Tass reports it.
