Over 2,088 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, of which 359 Delta, in Romania

The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) informs on Tuesday that until August 15, 2,088 cases were confirmed with strains of SARS-CoV-2 which cause concern, of which 1,695 with the Alpha strain, 11 with Beta, 23 with Gamma and 359 cases of the Delta strain. According to the INSP, until August 15, the confirmation rate of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) was 77%. Until the mentioned date, there have been 2,710 sequences reported to the INSP - CNSCBT (National Center for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control). The seven laboratories which reported these results are the Cantacuzino Institute, the Matei Bals Institute, Medlife, the Stefan cel Mare University in Suceava, the Stefan S. Nicolau Virology Institute, CRGM of SCJU Craiova and Pro Vitam in Sfantu Gheorghe. There have reported to the INSP-CNSCBT 51 confirmed casualties of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs, of which 27 with the Alpha strain, 3 with the Gamma strain and 21 with the Delta strain. According to the INSP, until August 15, there have been 359 confirmed cases with the Delta strain. Of the 359 confirmed cases with the Delta strain, 74 (20.6%) were vaccinated: 3 incomplete and 71 completely vaccinated (19.8% of the total).AGERPRES(RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - author: Catalin Cristian Trandafir, editor: Maria Voican)