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There is a new variant of COVID-19 and experts are worried it may be worse than the delta variant. Anoushah Rasta reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2021.

A new CDC study out Friday provides what may be the most jolting evidence yet of the threat the highly contagious delta variant may pose to the fully vaccinated, particularly as it usurped every other COVID-19 strain to dominate American cases.

The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continued to fall Monday — declining from 1,480 on Sunday to 1,463, according to the latest state figures.

As cases of the delta variant continue to raise concerns across the U.S., the latest variant to take hold in the country, many are wondering what other variants are out there and which should we be concerned about?

The governors of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday publicly backed the idea of indoor masking for vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas, but stopped short of mandating it yet. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his administration is reviewing the CDC’s new indoor face mask guidance for fully vaccinated people with federal and state health experts....

The nation’s leading infectious disease expert said recommending that vaccinated people wear masks is “under active consideration” by the government’s leading public health officials.

A new report from Belgium researchers highlights a coronavirus case where a woman was infected with two variants simultaneously. Experts say this is one of the first documented cases of finding two variants in the same person at the same time.

The latest CDC data shows that the Delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.

The delta variant is believed to be up to 60% more transmissible than previous more contagious strains of the virus. It may also be more deadly.

Saying COVID-19 is now “a pandemic of unvaccinated people,” Los Angeles County’s public health director urged employers on Monday to verify workers’ vaccination status to determine if they should be wearing masks at work, despite the state allowing a self-attestation honor system.

The Delta variant of the coronavirus accounts for 10% of new U.S. cases and is known to spread more easily and cause more severe disease.

Los Angeles County reported 265 new cases of COVID-19 and 14 additional deaths Saturday, as officials reported more cases of the UK variant B.1.1.7.

A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily.

Two reports of so-called coronavirus breakthrough infections — in which fully vaccinated people get the illness anyway — suggest that the vaccines still offer strong protection against severe disease even in the face of variants.

Medical experts are concerned a newly found COVID-19 variant will be responsible for another surge in coronavirus cases in the region.

A new variant of the coronavirus is in the Bay Area and it is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States. The new double mutation is believed to be responsible for the surge in cases in India.

Los Angeles County reported 2,393 new cases of COVID-19 and 136 additional deaths Saturday, while adding that two additional cases of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the U.K. have also been detected here, bringing the total to 14 so far in Los Angeles County.

States are rolling back COVID-19 restrictions as new cases trend down from record highs across the country. But experts warn it might be too much too soon as variants pose an increased risk and the pandemic — almost at the one year mark in the U.S. — is far from over, NBC News reports.

A 21-year-old San Clemente man tested positive for the more contagious U.K. strain of COVID-19, marking the first known case in Orange County, local health officials announced Monday.