The level of risk linked to the Omicron variant remains very high, estimated the World Health Organization (WHO) in its weekly bulletin, the number of contaminations with COVID-19 having reached a new record last week.
Based on currently available data, the overall risk with Omicron remains very high
warned the organization.
slower
she said, however.
L’WHO also reported 50,000 new deaths, a stable figure from last week.
The Omicron variant remains dominant worldwide. The prevalence of the Delta variant is continuously decreasing
while Alpha, Beta and Gamma variants circulate very weak[ment]
.
” Countries that saw a spike in Omicron cases in November and December 2021 have seen or are starting to see a drop in cases [actuellement]. »
Omicron accounted for 89.1% of coronavirus specimens collected and examined in the past 30 days.
The data, uploaded to the global database GISAID, also shows that Delta, which previously dominated, now accounts for just 10.7% of cases.
