Delta strain continues to spread: 6 more cases have been detected



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The lab also reported that five more samples showed signs of delta, but were contaminated, making it impossible to determine.

Also identified were 102 cases of alpha (or British) strains and five cases of B.1.620, registered for the first time in Lithuania in Anykščiai.

In the laboratory of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 75 samples were analyzed, of which 68 cases belong to the alpha variant; this variant represents more than 90% in Lithuania. samples analyzed in laboratories.

In this laboratory, a new case of the B.1.620 virus line and four new cases of the delta variant were identified.

In the laboratory of the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU GMC), of the 48 samples examined, 34 cases belonged to the alpha variant, four cases to the B.1.620 virus line and two new cases to the delta variant.

NVSPL notes that five more VU GMC samples showed delta signs, but were contaminated and it is not possible to say at this time whether they belong to this variant. The cause of the contamination is currently being clarified by specialists.

So far, a total of 14 thousand. Sequential count of 204 samples detected in 10,000. 126 cases of alpha variant, 13 cases of beta (or South Africa), 263 cases of gamma (B.1.620) and 29 cases of delta virus lines (B.1.617.2).



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