In 14 states, the average daily death toll is higher now than it was two weeks ago. They are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.South Africa first reported the Omicron variant to the World Health Organisation ,
By comparison, from Aug 1 to Oct 31, a similar duration covering the worst of the delta surge in the United States, the country confirmed 10,917,590 new infections and 132,616 new deaths. The death toll during the Omicron wave is about 17 per cent higher so far than the death toll in the Delta wave. Deaths also remain lower than in last winter's surge, before vaccines were widely available: 233,102 deaths were reported from Nov 24, 2020, to Feb 18, 2021, compared with 154,757 from Nov 24, 2021, to Feb 18, 2022.- underscore the country's continuing vulnerability. Many disabled or chronically ill people remain at high risk even after vaccination.
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