A medical worker conducts nasal swab tests on people at a drive-in coronavirus disease testing site, as the Omicron variant of the virus spreads and becomes the dominant variant in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on Feb 8, 2022.Global Covid-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Wednesday , according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious Omicron variant dominates the outbreak, pushing health systems in several countries to the brink of capacity.
While preliminary evidence from several countries have shown that Omicron is milder than previous variants, a large volume of cases can potentially overburden healthcare systems globally. The United States leads the world in the most cases reported each day, with a million new cases reported in the country every three days.
About half of all new infections reported worldwide were from countries in Europe, with 21 countries still at the peak of their infection curve. The region has reported over 131 million cases and over two million deaths related to Covid-19 since the pandemic began.Despite Europe reporting a million new cases almost every day, some countries are gradually lifting restrictions as the outbreak eases locally.
Last Friday, India's death toll from Covid-19-19 crossed 500,000, a level many health experts say was breached last year but obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted deaths.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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