DELTA VARIANT

The surge in new COVID-19 cases almost all are related to the Delta Variant ​which still accounts for more than 99% of all new cases.

The surge in new COVID-19 cases almost all are related to the Delta Variant ​which still accounts for more than 99% of all new cases.

It was drummed into our brains: Stay 6 feet from others! Limit close contact to 15 minutes. With the highly contagious delta variant, do we need to rethink those numbers?

A leaked document compared it to the highly contagious children's disease. Data does not support this claim. Nonetheless, the delta variant is likely the world's most contagious respiratory disease.

Cameron County is seeing an increase of COVID-19 cases in the county and the increase involves younger people who are contracting the Delta Variant with the majority being unvaccinated.

“Watauga County’s and North Carolina’s daily (COVID-19) case counts and hospitalizations are quickly increasing due to the Delta Variant,” declaration states.

“Unfortunately, we’re in a new phase of this pandemic. It means we need to wear our masks indoors, and it means you need to get your vaccination if you haven’t already."

With a new, faster-spreading COVID variant now appearing in the Rio Grande Valley and COVID cases on the rise in all 50 states, local health officials are telling parents there is no time like the present to vaccinate their children as school districts gear up for in-person instruction in the fall.

As COVID-19 cases rise and the Delta variant continues to make its way across the state, concerns vary among parents, students and staff members in the Northside Independent School District area.

While COVID-19 cases are going up, fewer people are getting tested for COVID-19 and more than 100,000 Bexar County residents have failed to return for the second dose of the vaccine.

The Delta variant is the fast-moving strain of the coronavirus now found in 96 countries. It's expected to be the dominant variant in the U.S. within weeks.

More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, Delta is spreading so fast it could cause yet another U.S. surge this summer or fall, according to new research.