August
September 10, 2021
From the report from the Public Health England (PHE) on August 20, 2021 report SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England, Technical briefing 21:
Variant surveillance
- No new variants of concern
- Proportion of cases sequenced/genotyped remains relatively low but has started to recover as case numbers fall and capacity expands
- Priority for sequencing:
- hospitalised cases and hospital staff
- cases among international travellers
- national core priority studies
- as near random a sample as possible from each region, to the maximum coverage allowed by laboratory capacity
Infection/Reinfection rates
- 5.2 million first infections
- 35,124 possible reinfections
Confirmed Delta Cases dropped in the unvaccinated, now occurring in less than 43%!
- Delta confirmed/provisional cases by vaccination status Feb 2021-Aug 2021 (pg. 22)
- 386,735 all ages
- 183,133 unvaccinated
Delta Death Rate increasing in Vaxed now at 65.85%
- Deaths (all ages) within 28 days confirmed/provisional Delta cases by vaccination status Feb 2021-Aug 2021 (pg. 23)
- Total Deaths 1,189
- All Vaccinated 783 dead
- (at least one dose) 104 dead
- (> 14 days post Dose #2) 679 dead
- Unvaccinated 390 dead
