Omicron Variant: Global COVID-19 Cases Rise 13% In One Week

One month after the first COVID-19 Omicron variant was first reported in South Africa, cases have surged worldwide despite restrictions and vaccines though some nations haven’t reported drastic increases.

In one week, infections rose 13% with 5,145,488 for a total of 280,159,360 so far Sunday with any nations not reporting data on the day after Christmas. COVID-19 Deaths actually went down 10% or 43,144 for a toll of 5,415,980, according to Worldometers.info tracking.

Several nations set daily cases records in the past few days. On Saturday, France reported 104,611 cases. On Friday, marks were set in Britain at 122,186 and Italy 50,599 with those nations not reporting data on Christmas Day.

Canada set a national record with 21,493 and then reported 11,306 Friday and 2,458 Saturday. Australia’s record was 9,947 Saturday.

Worldwide COVID-19 cases hit a record 982,822 Thursday. On Saturday there was a total of 521,981 on Christmas Day.

In the United States, 291,671 cases Monday were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is the most since the record 294,015 Jan, 8. The most recent infections are 243,817 posted on Thursday. The CDC lists the total as 51,574,787. Johns Hopkins lists 52,175,680and Worldometers.info at 53,121,847. They all lead the world.

The U.S. also has the most deaths, 837,779, according to Worldometers.info.

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