Covid-19 samples for new variants risks hurting its battle against a record surge of infections, with scientists warning the delays could damage everything from vaccine efficacy to effective hospital treatments.The South Asian nation has tested less than 1% of its positive samples, according to government data, compared to the U.K.

which has sequenced 8% of infections, and 33% in the last week, the Covid-19 Genomics U.K. Consortium said. The U.S. last month reported it was sequencing about 4% of its 400,000 weekly new cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted.India reported more than 115,000 new daily infections on Wednesday, taking its tally of cases to 12.8 million, behind Brazil and the U.S.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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