When Will We Hit the Peak for the Delta Variant in the U.S.?

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The Delta variant accounts for the vast majority of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
  • Mathematical models suggest coronavirus cases could continue to rise in the United States until mid-October. How much they rise depends on people’s behaviors.
  • The best clue to what’s in store for Americans comes from the United Kingdom, where the daily number of new infections recently fell for 7 days in a row.
  • As with the U.K., the Delta variant now predominates in the U.S., accounting for over 8 out of every 10 cases.

As coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply throughout the United States — driven by the highly infectious Delta variant — many are wondering when this surge will end.

There are plenty of mathematical models that attempt to predict the country’s pandemic future.

But for some experts, the best clue to what’s in store for Americans comes from the United Kingdom, where the daily number of new infections recently fell for 7 days in a row.

Source: healthline