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COVID-19 infections rise, Delta variant spreads to 132 countries: WHO

COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

Hospitalization rate for patients infected with the Delta variant was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with the Alpha variant

Australia’s Covid-19 response team holds urgent meeting amid outbreak

Australia’s Covid-19 response committee is because of maintain an emergency meeting on Monday as outbreaks of the extremely contagious Delta variant throughout the nation prompted a lockdown in Sydney and renewed restrictions elsewhere.

Sydney faces ‘scariest period’ in pandemic amid Delta outbreak

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a double digit rise in new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 for the third straight day as officials fight to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant.