三角洲冠状病毒在堪萨斯州和密苏里州的农村，变异病毒正在感染越来越多的人。

这种变种于10月份在印度首次被发现，并由疾病控制和预防中心本周从“兴趣变体”到“关注变体”疾病预防控制中心估计，美国新增病例中约有10%是三角洲变异体。

截至2007年5月22日，密苏里州的三角洲变异比例最高，占报告病例的6.8%。疾控中心的最新数据。

数据来自疾病控制中心显示了密苏里州和堪萨斯州农村地区的高社区传播率，这些地区已经在努力降低疫苗接种率。

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在这张2021年2月11日的档案照片中，密苏里陆军国民警卫队的上士·赫伯特·林斯

在密苏里州西南部，新冠肺炎病例和住院人数激增。

格林县社区卫生和流行病学管理员肯德拉·芬德利(Kendra Findley)说，对病毒样本的随机测试显示，三角洲病毒株的病例在增加。

“这向我们表明，我们在社区中得到的是一个更具传染性的变种，我们必须处理它，这说明了为什么我们不仅在格林县，而且在密苏里州西南部有如此大的病例爆发，”她告诉记者圣路易斯邮报。

密苏里州卫生和高级服务部周三发布新闻稿称，该州“感染三角洲变异体的人数正在上升”，同时敦促当地人接种疫苗。

据美国《每日电讯报》报道，在过去的7天里，密苏里州的每100，000名居民中新增新冠肺炎病例数居全国首位纽约时报追踪器。

斯普林菲尔德慈善医院在社交媒体上呼吁密苏里州人接种疫苗，描绘了一幅该地区医院危机发展的忧郁画面。

“床位容量紧张。ED等待时间很长。COVID患者更年轻，病情更重，未接种疫苗。疫苗免费，可得，有效。你还在等什么?82?102?152?1呢?1个你在乎的人?你?”书写埃里克·弗雷德里克默西的首席行政官首席行政官。

在密苏里州，43.4%的人口已经开始接种疫苗，37.7%已经完成接种状态数据。

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在这张2021年3月5日的档案照片中，一名格雷夫斯药剂师正在服用一剂新冠肺炎五世

三角洲变异在邻近的堪萨斯州也越来越受到关注。

堪萨斯大学卫生系统质量与安全主任阿曼达·卡德尔告诉美国广播公司密苏里堪萨斯城分部，“疾病控制中心估计三角洲地区约占(堪萨斯)新增病例的10%。”KMBC。“我们已经并将继续有患有新冠肺炎的患者死亡。我们最近的一次是在6月12日。”

在堪萨斯州，43.6%的州接种了一剂疫苗，37.6%的州完全接种了疫苗州卫生部追踪系统。

包括疾病预防控制中心主任罗谢尔·瓦伦斯基博士在内的官员说，新冠肺炎疫苗可以预防所有变异，保护自己免受三角洲变异的最好方法是接种疫苗。

让更多的农村人口接种疫苗的压力比以往任何时候都大。

“我们最大的担心是我们的武器快用完了，所以我们真的在努力让人们能够得到他们的疫苗，因为我们有足够的库存，”库德告诉KMBC。

这疾病控制中心已经确定了两个地区——中西部和西部山区各州——新三角洲变异病例的估计百分比最高。疾病预防控制中心报告说，在中西部，包括爱荷华州、堪萨斯州、密苏里州和内布拉斯加州，三角洲菌株占所有病例的23.5%。

总体而言，德尔塔变量已被报道在80多个国家，根据世界卫生组织。

瓦伦斯基周五警告说，这种变体可能很快成为美国的主导菌株。

“我认为可能会是这样，”瓦伦斯基说告诉《早安美国》

在全国范围内，53.1%的美国人至少接种了一剂疫苗，44.7%的人接种了全部疫苗，根据疾控中心的数据

Delta variant infecting mounting number of people in rural Kansas and Missouri

The deltacoronavirusvariant is infecting a mounting number of people in rural Kansas and Missouri.

The variant, first detected in India in October, was upgraded by theCenters for Disease Control and Preventionthis week from a "variant of interest" to a "variant of concern." The CDC estimates the delta variant accounts for about 10% of new cases in the U.S.

Missouri had the highest percentage of the delta variant at 6.8% of reported cases as of May 22,the latest CDC data.

Data from theCDCshows high community transmission in rural parts of Missouri and Kansas -- regions already struggling with slow vaccination rates.

In southwest Missouri there's been a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Kendra Findley, the administrator of community health and epidemiology with Green County, said that random testing of virus samples shows increasing cases of the delta strain.

"It shows us that what we've got in the community is a much more infectious variant that we are having to deal with, which shows why we have such an explosion of cases not just in Greene County, but in southwest Missouri," she told theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued a news release Wednesday saying that the state "is experiencing a rise in individuals contracting the Delta variant," while urging locals to get vaccinated.

Missouri is now leading the nation with the most new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the last seven days, according to TheNew York Times tracker.

Mercy Hospital Springfield issued a plea on social media for Missourians to get vaccinated, painting a somber picture of the crisis unfolding at hospitals in the area.

"Bed capacity is strained. ED waits are long. COVID patients are younger, sicker and unvaccinated. Vaccines are free, available and effective. What are you waiting for? 82? 102? 152? What about 1? 1 person you care about? You?" wroteErik Frederick, Mercy's chief administrative officer chief administrative officer.

In Missouri, 43.4% of the population has initiated vaccination and 37.7% have completed vaccination, according tostate data.

The delta variant is becoming a source of growing concern in the neighboring state of Kansas as well.

"The CDC estimates delta accounts for about 10% of new cases [in Kansas]," Amanda Cackler, director of quality and safety at the University of Kansas Health System told Kansas City, Missouri, ABC affiliateKMBC. "We have had and continue to have deaths of patients who have had COVID-19. Our most recent one was on the 12th of June."

In Kansas, 43.6% of the state is vaccinated with one dose and 37.6% are fully vaccinated, according to thestate's health department tracker.

Officials, including CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said the COVID-19 vaccines protect against all variants and the best way to protect yourself from the delta variant is to get vaccinated.

The pressure is higher than ever to get more of these rural populations inoculated.

"Our biggest concern really is that we're running out of arms, and so it's really trying to get folks in situations where they can get their vaccine because we have plenty of inventory," Cackler told KMBC.

TheCDChas identified two regions -- the Midwest and Mountain West states -- as having the estimated largest percentages of new delta variant cases. In the Midwest, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, the delta strain accounts for 23.5% of all cases, the CDC reported.

Overall, the delta variant has been reportedin more than 80 countries, according to the World Health Organization.

Walensky warned Friday that the variant could soon become the dominant strain in the United States.

"I think that that's probably going to be the case," Walenskytold "Good Morning America."

Nationally, 53.1% of the U.S. population has received at least one vaccine dose and 44.7% is fully vaccinated,according to CDC data.