A new Delta variant, known as AY.4.2, or Delta Plus, is currently being monitored by Downing Street. These are the Yorkshire areas which have had the high number of Delta Plus cases.

5. East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding had 16 cases, account for just over seven per cent of all cases in the week leading up to October 9.

6. Rotherham
Rotherham had 15 Delta Plus cases that week, out of 180 total Covid-19 cases.


8. Doncaster
Doncaster had 13 cases of the Delta Plus variant, seven per cent of total cases
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