First Case of Highly Transmissible Delta Variant Reaches Tucson Area

Scientists have found Pima County’s first case of the Delta variant, a new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. “At this point I’m still not alarmed that the Delta variant is going to have a major impact here in Arizona,” said Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor and director of the public health policy and management program at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.