Scientists in the United States reported the strain of the Coronavirus “Yota”, the mortality of which can reach 82 percent. This is reported on the medrxiv.org portal.
A group of scientists from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of New York and Public Health Schools at Columbia University studied epidemiological data collected in New York in the period from November 2020 to April 2021 and concluded that this version of the virus Transmitted by 15-25% faster than other well-known mutations.
This strain is also capable of increasing the mortality rate from an infection, which is the proportion of the died of the total number of infected persons: for the period under study, the figure rose by 46%, 82% and 62% among people aged 45-64 years, 65-74 years And over 75 years, respectively, transfers the publication.