Delta variant more deadly than first thought | Sky News Australia

Delta variant more deadly than first thought | Sky News Australia: New research is indicating the Delta variant is not only more contagious but more deadly as well. The report was published by one of the Nine papers on Tuesday morning which says the Burnet Institute and Doherty Institute are now adopting information out of Canada. The Canadian study is led by University of Toronto epidemiologists David Fisman and Ashleigh Tuite. It goes on to say individuals are twice as likely to end up in ICU and one and a half times more likely to die than the original Alpha variant. That all underpins the roadmap modelling – it remains to be seen whether that will change the current modelling.