More than three million cases of coronavirus infection daily caused by Govit-19 were recorded worldwide on average between January 13 and 19, more than five times due to the Ómicron variant.
The number of French companies France-Press, based on daily reports released by health officials in each country, has recorded an average of 3,095,971 daily cases worldwide in the last seven days, an increase of 17% compared to the previous week.
Localization Omigron Has caused a strong acceleration of the epidemic in recent weeks: when this variant of the corona virus was detected in South Africa and the United States, the current numbers are approximately 440% higher than the average 569,000 daily cases recorded between 18 and 24 November 2021. States. Botswana.
The current numbers are significantly higher than those achieved in previous waves.
Before the advent of Omigron, an average of 816,840 cases were reported daily between April 23 and 29, 2021.
Asia (385,572 daily cases in the last seven days, on average, 68% more than the previous week), the Middle East (89,900 daily cases, 57% increase) and Latin America and the Caribbean currently record the largest outbreaks. (397,098 daily cases, 40% more).
Globally, the death toll is rising, with an average of 7,522 deaths per day, over the past seven days, 11% higher than the previous week.
With 7,343 deaths reported daily between November 18 and 24, this is the first time the number has been higher than when Ómicron was discovered at the end of November.
Harder shapes than the previously dominated delta rarely appear with Ómicron. In the UK, for example, new infections increased by an average of more than 330% in late November and early January, but the number of patients with mechanical ventilation did not increase.
These figures are based on daily reports provided by health officials in each country. Following the discovery of the virus in late 2019, although the test has been intensified in many countries since the onset of the epidemic, a significant proportion of less severe or asymptomatic cases have not been detected.
Kovit-19 has caused 5,553,124 deaths worldwide since the outbreak, according to a recent report by the France-Press news agency.