Carl Zimmer, The New York Times Published: 08 Feb 2021 03:40 AM BdST Updated: 08 Feb 2021 03:40 AM BdST Health care workers at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Grand Canyon University, in Phoenix, Dec. 12, 2020. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
A more contagious variant of the coronavirus first found in Britain is spreading rapidly in the United States, doubling roughly every 10 days, according to a new study. ); }
Analysing a half-million coronavirus tests and hundreds of genomes, a team of researchers predicted that in a month this variant could become predominant in the United States, potentially bringing a surge of new cases and increased risk of death.
South Africa on Sunday registered a further 2,435 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,476,135. A further 110 Covid-19 related deaths were reported. This brings the total to 46,290 deaths.