Delta variant now accounting for 91% of UK's Covid cases

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs this was according to an assessment he saw on Wednesday evening

The Delta variant may be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant which swept across the UK over the winter peak, one expert said. File Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

The Delta variant first identified in India now comprises 91% of cases of coronavirus in the UK, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.

Mr Hancock told MPs this was according to an assessment he saw on Wednesday evening.