Category: Variants
280 cases of Delta variant with N501Y, some with E484K too
Delta + Alpha + Beta + Gamma recombinant variant found in Turkey. More...
USA: 55% increase in Delta vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 11th August 2021. More...
Israel: Covid-19 severely ill cases and deaths by vaccination status
Some of the charts from Israel’s official Covid-19 dashboard make interesting reading and seem to tell a rather different story to the current vaccination narrative. More...
USA: more than half of COVID-19 patients at Texas Children’s Hospital also have RSV
Among 45 pediatric COVID-19 patients at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, at least 25 also have respiratory syncytial virus, the Houston Chronicle reported Aug. More...
USA: 5,703 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 children
USA Cumulative Number of Child COVID-19 Cases:
- 4,292,120 total child COVID-19 cases reported, and children represented 14.3% (4,292,120/30,025,995) of all cases
- Overall rate: 5,703 cases per 100,000 children in the population
Change in Child COVID-19 Cases
- 93,824 child COVID-19 cases were reported the past week from 7/29/21-8/5/21 (4,198,296 to 4,292,120) and children represented 15.0% (93,824/623,590) of the weekly reported cases
- Over two weeks, 7/22/21-8/5/21, there was a 4% increase in the cumulated number of child COVID-19 cases (165,550 cases added (4,126,570 to 4,292,120))
Testing (11 states reported)
- Among states reporting, children made up between 11.0%-20.0% of total cumulated state tests, and between 4.8%-17.6% of children tested were tested positive
Hospitalizations (23 states and NYC reported)
- Among states reporting, children ranged from 1.5%-3.5% of their total cumulated hospitalizations, and 0.1%-1.9% of all their child COVID-19 cases resulted in hospitalization
Mortality (43 states, NYC, PR and GU reported)
- Among states reporting, children were 0.00%-0.26% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 7 states reported zero child deaths
- In states reporting, 0.00%-0.03% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death
American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association report
https://www.coronaheadsup.com/coronavirus/sars-cov-2-checkmate-to-the-virus-in-four-moves/ More...
WAPO: Two-thirds of Americans in highly vaccinated counties now live in coronavirus hot spots
Two-thirds of Americans in highly vaccinated counties now live in coronavirus hot spots, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. More...
Herd immunity “not a possibility” with Delta variant
Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said. More...
mRNA vaccine booster dose antibodies – quantity not quality
“These results suggest that boosting vaccinated individuals with currently available mRNA vaccines would produce a quantitative increase in plasma neutralizing activity but not the qualitative advantage against variants obtained by vaccinating convalescent individuals.” More...
Ireland: 17% vaccine breakthrough “entirely in keeping with what we expect”
The Irish Department of Health has reported 1,522 new cases of Covid-19. More...
Israel added to US highest Covid-19 risk list
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Monday added Israel to its highest risk level, advising U.S. More...









