SvennoJ said:
Weekly update, Omicron continues its spread around the world. It will be hard to see when the wave peaks as more and more countries fail to keep up with testing.
In total 15.2 million new cases were reported last week (up from 9.13 million) to a total of 303,665,406
Also another 44,488 more deaths were reported (slightly up from 43,559) to a total of 5,497,160
Deaths still went down a bit in Europe now the Delta wave is behind, in the USA Omicron started while Delta was still going strong and deaths keep rising.
The continents
Europe reported 6.84 million new cases (up from 4.67 million) and 20,241 more deaths (down from 22,255)
North America reported 5.28 million new cases (up from 3.00 million) and 12,715 more deaths (up from 10,467)
Asia reported 1.46 million new cases (up from 656K) and 7,212 more deaths (slightly down from 7,549)
South America reported 930K new cases (up from 383K) and 2,100 more deaths (up from 1,703)
Oceania reported 371K new cases (up from 114K) and 87 deaths (62 last week)
Africa reported 324K new cases (up from 307K) and 2,403 more deaths (up from 1,523)
Corners of the world
USA reported 4.77 million new cases (up from 2.71 million) and 11,441 deaths (up from 9,234)
India reported 508K new cases (up from 84.4K) and 2,228 more deaths (slightly up from 2,017)
Australia reported 366K new cases (up from 113K) and 80 deaths (57 last week)
Canada reported 299K new cases (up from 226K) and 349 deaths (180 last week)
Brazil reported 163K new cases (up from 56.8K) and 769 deaths (680 last week)
South Africa reported 55.5K new cases (down from 65.2K) and 1,107 more deaths (402 last week)
South Korea reported 26.7K new cases (down from 34.6K) and 369 deaths (492 last week)
Japan reported 10.2K new cases (up from 2,420) and 5 deaths (7 last week)
Iran reported 9,823 new cases (down from 12.6K) and 215 deaths (300 last week)
It looks like the death toll from Omicron is now coming through in South Africa, 3 weeks after the 7 day average peaked. It is still much lower than from the Delta wave, however South Africa got Omicron under control quite quickly compared to Delta. Of course it could just be a lull while Omicron spreads on in less tested areas.
Canada certainly hasn't peaked yet, we're simply out of tests :/ Even restricting testing to essential workers still has Ontario at 100K tests pending results. However hospitalizations are still within capacity, it's mostly the staff shortages that are alarming.
Europe in detail
Germany, Norway and the Ukraine are now also exploding with Omicron as the wave moves Eastwards.
Global vaccination rate is now: 49.77% (+0.80%)
South America: 64.18% (+0.60%)
Europe: 61.60% (+0.50%)
Oceania: 58.45% (+0.48%)
North America: 58.29% (+0.31%)
Asia: 57.17% (+1.01%)
Africa: 9.62% (+0.57%)
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