Indian variant COVID rates in Stevenage and North Herts
Around 30 per cent of Central Beds' COVID cases are the B.1.617.2 strain. This comes as no surprise as neighbouring Bedford - which has hit the national headlines in recent days due to its dizzying statistics - recorded 81.1 per cent of its cases as the Indian variant. Bordering authority East Herts also has a notably higher rate of the variant, with 42.9 per cent for the week up to May 8. The data comes from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in London - which is conducting COVID-19 genome (variant) surveillance. The remaining 25 per cent of coronavirus cases in Stevenage are the strain...
Source: thecomet.net