Omicron wave accounts for more deaths than Delta surge in US

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 09: People wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing facility in Times Square on December 09, 2021 in New York City.

By comparison, from Aug 1 to Oct 31 in 2021, a similar duration covering the worst of the Delta surge in the United States, the country confirmed 10,917,590 new infections with 132,616 new deaths, it said. The death toll during the Omicron wave is about 17 per cent higher than that in the equivalent-length Delta period.

The death toll underscored “the country’s continuing vulnerability”, the report said, adding “when the number of infections is as astronomical as 30 million, even a tiny death rate will mean a catastrophic death count”. - Bernama

 

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