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Delta Becomes Dominant COVID Strain In B-N; Vaccinations Increase

WGLT | By Eric Stock Published August 3, 2021 at 1:52 PM CDT The highly contagious Delta variant has contributed to a recent surge in new coronavirus cases in McLean County, according to data from the lab that has conducted sequencing of recent positive tests. Reditus Labs of Pekin said 95% of the random positive test samples […]

Reditus CEO: Delta variant is clear dominant strain

Posted on August 3, 2021 By Neil Doyle PEKIN – The CEO of Reditus Laboratories says the Delta variant has clearly become the “dominant strain” out of its positive COVID-19 samples. Dr. Aaron Rossi says the Pekin based lab found 347 additional cases of the Delta variant during its sequencing run on July 29, which encompassed 95% […]