Lincolnshire coronavirus: cases of Indian variant still low
Coronavirus stock image These include the Indian variant as well as the South African and Brazilian mutations, which are thought to be more contagious than the original strain, and can therefore spread faster in the population. However, Lincolnshire health bosses said there are no signs of community transmission of the other variants besides the Kent variant, which is present in 97% of Lincolnshire’s cases. The county is doing better than national figures which show 75% of coronavirus cases being the Kent variant, 23% being the Indian mutation, with 2% being other strains of the virus. Linc...