Part 1: Return to the Office Series - Predicting the Return to the Office

EUROPE

OUTLOOK – EUROPE VIRUS UPDATE

The number of new infections across Europe has increased over the course of the last few months. The Delta variant is now the dominant variant in European countries that have provided sufficient data to be sequenced, accounting for 68% of cases compared to the previously dominant Alpha variant now present in just 22% of cases across the region. 21 Current trends indicate the Delta variant will be dominant globally for the foreseeable future, but the major difference is the number of people being hospitalized or becoming seriously ill. Since January hospitalizations have decreased as vaccination rates have increased. 22

EUROPEAN COVID-19 CASES

ALPHA VARIANT: 22%

DELTA VARIANT: 68%

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