Delta is now the dominant coronavirus variant in the US

Also called the B.1.617.2 variant, delta was originally detected in India.

The variant might also lead to more severe COVID-19 disease.

A study in Scotland found that deltadoubled the risk of hospitalizationwhen compared with the Alpha variant.

“If you look at the number of deaths, about 99.2 percent of them are unvaccinated.

About 0.8 percent are vaccinated,” Fauci said.

“No vaccine is perfect.

But the vaccination rate varies greatly state to state and community to community.